evade

to avoid or escape

Roots

Other words with the vad / vas root

  • evasive: avoiding direct answer or capture
  • invade: to enter forcefully or intrusively
  • invasive: spreading intrusively or entering where unwanted
  • pervade: to spread throughout
  • pervasive: spread throughout or present everywhere

E- gives out; vade gives go. Evade is go out of reach.

The politician evaded the question with a story about budgeting.

Open the AstraWords vocabulary map