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English vocab 4,5,6
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| pivotal | crucial |
| sequel | next in a series |
| supersede | replace |
| tangential | irrelevant |
| terminate | end |
| converge | come together |
| crux | key point |
| degradation | decline |
| initiate | to begin |
| penultimate | next to last |
| evasion | clever avoidance |
| malinger | to fake illness to avoid work |
| oblique | not direct |
| shirk | neglect |
| shun | to willfully ignore |
| abeyance | suspension |
| abstemious | restricted to bare necessities |
| circumvent | go around |
| elude | avoid capture |
| eschew | to avoid, abstain |
| obfuscate | make more difficult |
| ruminate | to think deeply about |
| stymie | to frustrate or thwart |
| surmise | to guess |
| tenet | principle, belief |
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| acumen | keen insight |
| ascertain | discover |
| cerebral | of the brain |
| faculty | ability |