Mr. Flinn Vocab-5&6`

Terms	Definitions
Abeyance	Suspension; a condition of being temporarily set aside.
Abstemious	Eating and drinking little or in moderation.
Circumvent	To avoid or get around by clever maneuvering.
Elude	To escape from, usually by daring, cleverness, or skill.
Eschew	To avoid, on moral or practical grounds, to abstain from.
Evasion	The act of avoiding or escaping by cleverness or deceit.
Malinger	To pretend to be ill or injured to avoid a duty or work.
Oblique	Indirect; intentionally vague or ambiguous.
Shirk	To neglect, to put off, to avoid a duty or responsibility.
Shun	To willingly ignore, to stay away from.
Converge	To come together at the same point from different directions
Crux	The main, central, critical point of something
Degradation	A decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
Initiate	To take the first steps in a process, to commence, to begin something
Penultimate	Second from last, next to last
Pivotal	Being of vital importance, crucial
Sequel	A continuation; something that follows
Supersede	To replace, take the place of
Tangential	Superficially relevent; only slightly connected
Terminate	To bring to an end or halt.

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