Vocab #5 & 6 Avoidance and Order & Relationship

Question 1

Abeyance

Answer 1

Noun

A condition of being temporarily set aside

Question 2

Abstemious

Answer 2

Adj

Eating or drinking little or in moderation; restricted to bare necessities

Question 3

Circumvent

Answer 3

Verb

To avoid or get around by clever maneuvering; to bypass

Question 4

Elude

Answer 4

Verb

To escape from, usually by daring or skill; to escape the grasp of understanding

Question 5

Eschew

Answer 5

Verb

To avoid intentiionally

Question 6

Evasion

Answer 6

Noun

The act of escaping or avoiding by cleverness or deceit

Question 7

Malinger

Answer 7

Verb

To pretend to be ill or injured to avoid work or duty

Question 8

Oblique

Answer 8

Adjective

Indirect; intentionally vague; misleading, dishonest

Question 9

Shirk

Answer 9

Verb

To neglect, to put off, or avoid a duty or reponsibility

Question 10

Shun

Answer 10

Verb

To avoid deliberately; to stay away from

Question 11

Converge

Answer 11

Verb

To come together at the same point from different directions

Question 12

Crux

Answer 12

Noun

The main central, or critical point or feature

Question 13

Degradation

Answer 13

A decline to a lower condition, quality or level

Question 14

Initiate

Answer 14

Verb
To take the first steps in a process
To formally admit someone into and organization, with ritual

Question 15

Penultimate

Answer 15

Adj

Second to last, next to last

Question 16

Pivotal

Answer 16

Adj
Being of vital importance
A short rod or staff on which a part rotates or swings

Question 17

Sequel

Answer 17

Noun

A continuation; something that follows; the next installment of something

Question 18

Supersede

Answer 18

Verb

To replace; to take the place of

Question 19

Tangetial

Answer 19

Superficially relevant, only slightly connected

Merely touching

Question 20

Terminate

Answer 20

To bring to an end or halt

To cause death