outwitted — to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
puzzled — a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
shunned — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
stalled — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
bilked — to defraud; cheat: He bilked the government of almost a million dollars.
circumvented — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
ditched — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
doubled — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
shirked — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
shied — simple past tense and past participle of shy2 .
stumped — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.