PAX Pre Nursing Exam Vocab

An account of Stuart’s attack on Henry is given in Isaac D’Israeli’s Calamities of Authors. Various

He had almost forgotten the circumstances that led up to the unfortunate climax. Micheaux, Oscar

Due notice had been given, and the West India interest was in commotion. Stanton, Henry B.

He wanted to spread the word, motivate others to care and protest, by doing his thing: telling an impassioned, funny, enthralling story. Seattle Times (Mar 19, 2012)

An album, kept here, is filled with mawkish sentimentality, impertinent witticism, religious fervor, and infidel bravado. School, A Sexton of the Old

Ð Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement. Webster, Noah

You may feel like an interloper at your site, but I promise, you are paying for every last nail. New York Times (Mar 29, 2012)

Too many people are scared, ignorant and frustrated and are looking for scapegoats. Washington Post (Mar 8, 2012)

The stereotype has it that women in the Middle East are subjugated, oppressed and barely let out of their houses. Wall Street Journal (Apr 11, 2012)

He was clearly impressed, in spite of himself, by the other's indomitable assurance. Douglas, Hudson

He stood back on the instant, as a dog might have done being reproved. Weyman, Stanley John

Briskly conversant in multiple dialects of swing, they brought acute intelligence to their task, and effortless intuition about the internal dynamics of a band. New York Times (Jan 19, 2011)

Prison purchasing policies run the gamut: Though many states and some private prison-management companies have centralized buying, most county facilities have their own purchasing departments.

He was subtle, ambitious, designing, crafty—dishonorably resorting to guile, where he dared not venture on overt acts of hostility. Various

As the sun went down over the still lake his last beams looked on a mournful spectacle. Headley, Joel Tyler

Under the repression of a grim theocracy, New England idealism still found its necessary outlet in more than one strange form. Peck, Harry Thurston

Unbending integrity, absolute honesty, unswerving truth, was his rule on every occasion. Blaikie, William Garden

Bono spoke of an early dream of having John Lennon produce their work, laughing at their naivete in their teens. Seattle Times (Feb 11, 2011)

Whatever traces of arrogance that once lingered from his days as the Big Man on Campus in Pullman are gone. Seattle Times (Apr 1, 2012)

But having inferred rightly once, I was inclined to trust my inference farther. Weyman, Stanley John

He seemed puzzled, discerning, I fancy, how strangely the allusions pointed to Mistress Anne, but not daring at once to draw the inference. Weyman, Stanley John

Charitable donations are a legitimate deduction, but don’t go crazy, experts advise.

Fruit saucer-shaped, emarginate at base and apex, winged by the divergent cells. Gray, Asa

Remember the acronym, BLUF: Bottom Line Up Front, which is used in armed forces.

Touchscreen and Windows are all but antonyms of each other.

SYNONYMS.—The following are a few of the many names which have been given to the disease at different times. Various

They are loosely organized, often with no central leadership, and typically communicate online using pseudonyms. Wall Street Journal (Mar 7, 2012)

As he spoke his face bore an expression of ecstatic, almost amorous grimness. Cahan, Abraham

I’ve merely got my deserts for being a gullible idiot.” Young, F.E. Mills

That ordinarily stolid nobleman was leaning far forward in his stage box, mouth and eyes wide, staring with incredulous amaze at the posturing Andalusian. Terhune, Albert Payson

When I told him, he was at once stupefied and dazzled. Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de

Every twitch on her sensitive mouth, occasioned by an insecure seat or jerky hands, will be so much lost. Dodge, Theodore Ayrault

Now, the chancellor has dredged out his closed case as evidence that impartial arbitrators are problematic and teachers need to be fired more easily. New York Times (Apr 13, 2012)

In the mid-’70s I was living in Northampton, Mass., biding my time for the summer before becoming an impoverished graduate student in music. Slate (Apr 10, 2012)

Nevertheless, she and his father, George, both said Mr. Bergeron was inconsolable. New York Times (Mar 30, 2012)