1) Evaded (verb): to avoid dealing with or facing (something).
Nella Larsen, Quicksand: “‘You don’t like Naxos, Miss Crane?’ She evaded. ‘Naxos, the place? Yes, I like it. Who wouldn’t like it…But-well- I don’t seem to fit here”(373)
This word plays an important part in understanding how Helga was trying to avoid admitting to someone other than herself that she hated being at the school. She didn’t want to deal with the question that Mr. Anderson asked her, but tried to answer indirectly instead.
-“Evaded.” Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Web. 20 May 2014.
