Depending on context, "stay" can mean remain, linger, retard, hinder, hamper, impede, arrest, tether, shroud
evades is 6 letter word meaning stays away from
Remain
Remain.
Avoids
Ado.
abundance
A 6-letter word beginning with 'a' that means smart is astute.
radii
the word is reverse
educate
airs
Alpha
usurp
nascent
onset
rebirth