Marked by imprecision and vacillation; inconstant; uncertain: The wishy-washy player keeps putting off the evil day/ It's not overpowering like Opium and not wishy-washy [1873+; fr a rhythmic reduplication of washy, ''weak, diluted, watered-down,'' probably influenced by wishy as suggesting vacillating desires; the original sense was ''weak, insubstantial, trashy,'' found by 1703]
Medical Definition of avidity. : a characteristic of antibodies (such as antitoxins) that tends to enhance their rate or stability in binding with an antigen Antibody avidity is an average measure of the affinity of the antibodies for a particular antigen in a serum sample.âDominic F. Kelly, The New England Journal of Medicine, 21 Dec. 2005.
AVID is a new elective class for students who need some extra support getting ready to. be successful in high school and who have the goal of attending college. Students are selected as a good candidateâs for AVID based on their current grades, attendance, behavior, and their interest in attending college. Students in AVID must be. willing and committed to working hard toward academic success, so part of the selection. criteria is that they have excellent attendance and school behavior. A typical AVID. participant is a student who earns a GPA of 2.0â3.0 and is often a âfirst in familyâ college. attender.