HESI A2: Vocabulary & General Knowledge (Quiz 3) Welcome to your HESI A2 Practice Quizzes. Note: We designed Five (5) sets of practice quizzes for this Domain. Each set has 30 questions. Domain 8 (quiz 3): Vocabulary & General Knowledge. (30 questions) Please click NEXT to start your Free HESI Practice Quizzes right away. Best of Luck! 1. What is the meaning of “rigorous”? Lacking enthusiasm and effort Cruel and criticizing in a humorous way Extremely thorough and careful Illegal or disapproved of by society None 2. What is the meaning of “emetic”? Something that causes an increase in the production of urine A substance that helps a person excrete the contents of the bowels Something that causes vomit A medicine or chemical that can destroy harmful bacteria in the body or limit their growth None 3. What word has a similar meaning to “truthful and honest”? Apathetic Querulous Candid Secretive None 4. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? During my trip to Germany, many occasions arose when I could use my knowledge of French. Emerged Augmented Engendered Ostracized None 5. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? Her coworkers ostracized her after she snitched on them. To accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them To criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons To exclude from a society or group To behave in a way which shows that you consider yourself to be better or more intelligent than other people None 6. Fill the blank with the correct word. Beware, the selection process is remarkably __________, and most candidates are rejected at the very beginning. Fatal Aggrieved Garrulous Rigorous None 7. Fill the blank with the correct word. I’m aware I’m using an enormous amount of __________ in describing a restaurant, but in this case, it is well justified: I wish I could eat there every day. Hyperbole Simile Ballad Oxymoron None 8. Which word in the sentence has a similar meaning to “truthful and honest”? I know working as an accountant can be tedious but, to be candid with you, I think quitting your job without a Plan B will have a pernicious effect on your finances. Accountant Tedious Pernicious Candid None 9. Fill the blank with the correct word. Laurence __________ the answer to his question by looking at his father’s bitter face. Inferred Clamored Augmented Minimized None 10. What word has a similar meaning to “to own”? Arose Possess Enhance Augment None 11. Which word has a similar meaning to “extremely stupid”? Indigent Asinine Endogenous Aggrieved None 12. What word meaning “a disease of the blood that causes the skin and the white part of the eyes to turn yellow” fits best in the following sentence? _____________ is prevalent in newborns because their undeveloped livers are not able to remove bilirubin efficiently. Amputation Hepatitis Jaundice Constipation None 13. Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse initiated the new diet regiment for the patient. analyzed started planned cancelled None 14. Fill the blank with the correct word. To see this psychiatrist, you need a _________ from a psychologist. Referral Treatment Probability Prescription None 15. What is the meaning of “to ostracize”? To become less strong To become part of or form a close relationship with a group or organization To stop something from being active, either temporarily or permanently To exclude from a society or group None 16. Which word has a similar meaning to “to move from one place to another”? Repudiate Migrate Clamor Smuggle None 17. Which word has a similar meaning to “basic; essential”? Enervating Inviolable Fundamental Perpetual None 18. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? Honey bees neither migrate nor hibernate during the winter: you don’t see them around because they spend the coldest months in the hive working to keep the queen warm. To make a continuous, low sound To move from one country or region to another, often temporarily To reproduce sexually To spend the winter sleeping None 19. Which word has a similar meaning to “aggrieved; indignant”? Garrulous Resentful Indigent Taciturn None 20. Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The laceration wasn′t severe and the nurse cleaned and stitched it within minutes. a purplish mark on the skin rapid loss of blood cut; tear superficial wound None 21. Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Nurses are required to wear impervious gloves when handling bodily fluids to prevent transmission of infection. Sanitary Recyclable Impenetrable Insoluble None 22. What is the meaning of “burgeoning”? Likely to result in success, or showing signs of success Slow and awkward because of being very heavy or large Growing or developing quickly Having or showing extreme greed for wealth or material gain None 23. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? She was the young and dynamic version of her predecessor. A person who knows or sees everything Having a very bright or beautiful appearance Someone who has a lot of ideas and enthusiasm Based on clear thought and reason None 24. What is the meaning of “ritual”? Something that you accept as true without question or proof The act of making or doing something with whatever is available at the time. An understanding thought, or picture in your mind a set of fixed actions and sometimes words performed regularly, especially as part of a ceremony None 25. Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. The nurse checked the patient’s gauze to make sure that it was intact. dry tight latent whole None 26. What is the meaning of “latter”? Positioned at or towards the back Positioned at or towards the front Existing or happening before someone or something Occurring or situated nearer to the end of something than to its beginning None 27. Fill the blank in the following sentence. If pressing with a piece of cloth is not enough to _______ the wound, you can make a tourniquet by wrapping a strip of cloth around the limb, two inches above the wound. Augment Infer Staunch Lessen None 28. Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Manifestations of the infection include fever and gastrointestinal inflammation. liver kidney stomach muscle None 29. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? You don’t learn the murderer’s identity until the latter part of the novel. Coming or happening after something else in order or time Related to the basic elements of a subject Occurring or situated nearer to the end of something than to its beginning Of or at the beginning None 30. What word has a similar meaning to “active; vital”? Parsimonious Gradual Diluted Dynamic None 1 out of 30 Time is Up! Time's up
