HESI A2 Vocabulary Study Guide
The academic and health vocabulary the exam expects, plus the word parts that unlock terms you have never seen.
55 questions · 50minutes on the real exam · 3 units · 8 lessons · updated July 2026
Vocabulary in Context
~24% of the sectionUse context clues and the pull of synonyms and antonyms to fix a word’s meaning.
- 01Using context cluesFree lesson
- 02Synonyms and antonyms
Word Parts
~38% of the sectionLockedBreak medical and academic words into prefixes, roots and suffixes you can decode.
Health and Academic Vocabulary
~38% of the sectionLockedLearn the everyday academic terms, the health terms and the confusable pairs the exam favours.
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