Vocab Notes 5&6

Front 1

Abeyance

Back 1

Suspension ; a condition of being temporarily set aside

Front 2

abstemious

Back 2

Eating and drinking little or in moderation

Front 3

Circumvent

Back 3

To avoid or get around by clever maneuvering

To avoid by going around; to by pass

Front 4

Elude

Back 4

To escape from usually by daring cleverness or skill

To escape the grasp or understanding of

Front 5

Eschew

Back 5

To avoid especially on moral or practical groups

To abstain from

Front 6

Evasion

Back 6

The art of escaping or avoiding by cleverness or deceit

Front 7

Malinger

Back 7

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

Front 8

Oblique

Back 8

Indirect intentionally vague or ambiguous

Misleading devious or dishonest

Front 9

Shirk

Back 9

To neglect put off or avoid a duty or responsibility

Front 10

Shun

Back 10

To willfully ignore to stay away from

Front 11

Converge

Back 11

To come together at the same point from different directions to meet

Front 12

Degradation

Back 12

A decline to a lower condition quality or level

Front 13

Initiate

Back 13

To take the first steps in a process to begin something

To formally admit someone into an organization through a ritual

Front 14

Penultimate

Back 14

Second from the last next to last

Front 15

Sequel

Back 15

A continuation something that follows the next installment of something

Front 16

Supersede

Back 16

To replace to take the place of

Front 17

Tangential

Back 17

Superficially relevant only slightly connected

Front 18

Terminate

Back 18

To bring to an end or halt

Front 19

Crux

Back 19

The main central critical point or feature

Front 20

Pivotal

Back 20

Being of vital importance crucial