| abeyance | (n) Suspension |
| abstemious | (adj) Restricted to bare necessities |
| circumvent | (v) Go around |
| elude | (v) Avoid capture |
| eschew | (v) To avoid, abstain |
| evasion | (n) clever avoidance |
| malinger | (v) To fake illness to avoid work |
| oblique | (adj) Not direct |
| shirk | (v) Neglect |
| shun | (v) To willfully ignore |