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Associations of "Eluded" (30 Words)
apophasis | Mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned. |
avert | Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. Talks failed to avert a rail strike. |
avoid | Refrain from certain foods or beverages. This route avoids downtown Boston. |
bypass | An alternative channel created during a bypass operation. The town has been bypassed. |
circumvent | Deceive; outwit. He s circumvented her with some of his stories. |
deflect | (of an object) change direction after hitting something. The ball deflected off Knight s body. |
derail | Cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally. They had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste. |
detour | Avoid by taking a detour. I would detour the endless stream of motor homes. |
dodge | (of a bell in change-ringing) move one place contrary to the normal sequence, and then back again in the following round. The grant system s widespread use as a tax dodge. |
escape | Be incomprehensible to escape understanding by. He drove along the dual carriageway to escape police. |
eschew | Deliberately avoid using; abstain from. He appealed to the crowd to eschew violence. |
evade | Escape paying (tax or duty), especially by illegitimate presentation of one’s finances. This difficult idea seems to evade her. |
fast | Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause. The journey was fast and enjoyable. |
flee | Run away from a place or situation of danger. He was forced to flee the country. |
forfend | Protect (something) by precautionary measures. The sacrifice of Mississippi was forfended against even the treason of Wilkinson. |
hint | Drop a hint intimate by a hint. A hint mockery in her manner. |
horrified | Stricken with horror. The horrified spectators. |
migrant | Tending to migrate or having migrated. Appalled by the social conditions of migrant life. |
oncoming | Due to happen soon. The oncoming winter. |
ostracize | (in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote. Ever since I spoke up my colleagues ostracize me. |
outrun | Run faster than. Their one chance was to outrun their pursuers. |
parry | An act of parrying something. Her question met with a polite parry. |
quick | At a fast rate quickly. Quick of foot. |
refugee | A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. A refugee camp. |
shambles | A butcher’s slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names. The shambles where the animals were slaughtered. |
shun | Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of. He shunned fashionable society. |
sidestep | Avoid (someone or something) by stepping sideways. A boxercise workout that incorporates an intricate combination of sidesteps with left and right hooks. |
undiagnosed | Not diagnosed or having been subject to diagnosis. Some patients have diseases that go undiagnosed and therefore untreated. |
veer | (of the wind) change direction clockwise around the points of the compass. The wind veered a point. |
volley | Make a volley. Volley a string of curses. |