ONE WORD - A SMALL COLLECTION
Abdicate - Renounce a throne or high office
Abolish - Do away with
Accelerate - Move faster
Accomplice - One associated with another especially in wrong-doing
Acoustics - Science of the production, transmission, reception and effects of sound
Acrobat - One who performs gymnastic feats
Adolescence - The period of life from puberty to maturity
Actuary - One who calculates insurance and annuity premium etc
Adulterate - Make impure by the addition of inferior substance
Aggression - Unprovoked attack of one country or person by another
Amnesty - General pardon
Abattoir - A building where animals are killed for meat (or slaughterhouse)
Ad hoc - arranged or happening when necessary and not planned in advance
Aeronautics - The science of the operation and flight of aircraft
Aesthete - A person with a highly developed sense of beauty aesthetics
Agnostic - One who believes that nothing can be known about God
Agoraphobia - Fear of open spaces public places
Alibi - It is Latin for elsewhere. It is actually a plea of having been elsewhere at the time of commission of an act. But it is now used in the sense of an excuse. Example: He offered no alibi for his absence from duty.
Alimony - Compensatory allowance given to wife after divorce
Allergic - Allergy means, a heightened sensitivity to a substance as food, medicine etc. Allergic
means having an aversion to. Example : He is allergic to hard work.
Altruist - One who is habitually kind to others
Alumnus - A former student of a school or college
Ambivalent - The word means simultaneous attraction towards and repulsion from an object, person or action. Example : The attitude of educated Indians to love-marriages is ambivalent
Anachronism - That which appears to be old fashioned and does not belong to the present time
Anarchy - Lawlessness and disorder caused by absence of control
Anecdote - A short interesting or amusing story
Anthology - A collection of poems or writings
Aphorism - (or maxim) A wise saying in a few words
Aphrodisiac - A medicine drug causing sexual excitement
Apiary - A place where bees are kept
Apprentice - A person who works under someone to learn
Arboreal - Those who live in trees
Armistice - (or cease-fire or truce) An agreement to stop fighting
Ascetic - One who avoids physical pleasures and comforts
Astrology - The art of understanding the influence of heavenly bodies on human affairs.
Astronomy - Scientific study of heavenly bodies
Aviary - A place for keeping birds
Abolish - Do away with
Accelerate - Move faster
Accomplice - One associated with another especially in wrong-doing
Acoustics - Science of the production, transmission, reception and effects of sound
Acrobat - One who performs gymnastic feats
Adolescence - The period of life from puberty to maturity
Actuary - One who calculates insurance and annuity premium etc
Adulterate - Make impure by the addition of inferior substance
Aggression - Unprovoked attack of one country or person by another
Amnesty - General pardon
Abattoir - A building where animals are killed for meat (or slaughterhouse)
Ad hoc - arranged or happening when necessary and not planned in advance
Aeronautics - The science of the operation and flight of aircraft
Aesthete - A person with a highly developed sense of beauty aesthetics
Agnostic - One who believes that nothing can be known about God
Agoraphobia - Fear of open spaces public places
Alibi - It is Latin for elsewhere. It is actually a plea of having been elsewhere at the time of commission of an act. But it is now used in the sense of an excuse. Example: He offered no alibi for his absence from duty.
Alimony - Compensatory allowance given to wife after divorce
Allergic - Allergy means, a heightened sensitivity to a substance as food, medicine etc. Allergic
means having an aversion to. Example : He is allergic to hard work.
Altruist - One who is habitually kind to others
Alumnus - A former student of a school or college
Ambivalent - The word means simultaneous attraction towards and repulsion from an object, person or action. Example : The attitude of educated Indians to love-marriages is ambivalent
Anachronism - That which appears to be old fashioned and does not belong to the present time
Anarchy - Lawlessness and disorder caused by absence of control
Anecdote - A short interesting or amusing story
Anthology - A collection of poems or writings
Aphorism - (or maxim) A wise saying in a few words
Aphrodisiac - A medicine drug causing sexual excitement
Apiary - A place where bees are kept
Apprentice - A person who works under someone to learn
Arboreal - Those who live in trees
Armistice - (or cease-fire or truce) An agreement to stop fighting
Ascetic - One who avoids physical pleasures and comforts
Astrology - The art of understanding the influence of heavenly bodies on human affairs.
Astronomy - Scientific study of heavenly bodies
Aviary - A place for keeping birds
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