Avoidance: Lesson 5

By: Claudia , Edna and Sebastian (Edclauseb)

Abeyance

• (noun) Suspension, a condition of being temporarily set aside.

Abstemious

• (adjective) Eating and drinking little or in moderation

• Restricted to bare necessities

Circumvent

• (verb) to avoid or get around by clever maneuvering

• To avoid by going around; to bypass

Elude

• (verb) to escape from, usually by daring, cleverness, or skill

• To escape the grasp or understanding of

• (adjective: elusive)

Eschew

• (verb) to avoid, especially on moral or practical grounds.

Evasion

• (noun) the act of escaping or avoiding by cleverness or deceit

• (verb: evade)• (adjective: evasive)

Malinger

• (verb) to pretend to be ill or injured in order to avoid duty or work.

• (noun: malingerer)

Oblique

• (adjective) indirect; intentionally vague or ambiguous

• Misleading, devious or dishonest• (noun: obliqueness)

Shirk

• (verb) to neglect, put off, or avoid a duty or responsibility

Shun

• (verb) to willfully ignore; to stay away from.