Abattoir (कसाईखाना) : A place where animals are slaughtered  

Abdicate (त्यागना)  : To renounce a high position of authority or control  

Absurd (बेतुका)  : Wildly unreasonable, illogical or ridiculous  

Accomplice (जुर्म में साथी)  : Partner in crime  

Acquit (बरी करना)  : To free a person by a verdict of ‘not guilty’  

Acrobat (नट)  : One who performs daring gymnastics feats  

Acronym ( आदिवर्णिक शब्द)  : A word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase  

Act ( स्वांग करना)  : To play the part of and function as, some other person  

Addict (व्यसनी)  : One who has become dependent on something or drugs  

Adolescent (किशोर)  : No longer a child, but not yet an adult  

Adonis (सुदर्शन पुरुष)  : A handsome man  

Advocate (वकील)  : A person who supports or speaks in favour of something  

Aesthetics (सौंदर्यशास्त्र)  : The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of principles of beauty, especially in art  

Agenda (कार्यसूची)  : List of issues to be discussed at a meeting 

Aggressive (आक्रामक)  : Always ready to attack or quarrel  

Alienation (अलगाव की भावना)  : A state of emotional or intellectual separation  

Alimony (निर्वाह व्यय)  : An allowance made to a wife by her husband, when they are legally separated  

Alliteration (अनुप्रास)  : Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter  

Altitude (ऊंचाई)  : The height of object above sea level  

Altruism (परोपकारिता, पर्यायवाद)  : The philosophy of putting another’s welfare above one’s own  

Altruist (परोपकारी )  : A person who devotes his/her life for the welfare of others 

Alumnus (भूतपूर्व छात्र)  : A former student of a school, college or university  

Amateur (शौक़ीन व्यक्ति)  : One who plays for pleasure rather than as a professional  

Ambidextrous (उभयहस्त, सव्यसाची)  : Able to use right hand and left hand equally well 

Ambiguous (अस्पष्ट)  : Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses, and therefore not definite 

Amnesia (स्मृतिलोप, विस्मरण)  : Loss of memory 

Amnesty (आम माफ़ी)  : A general pardon of offenders 

Amoral (नीतिहीन,अनैतिक)  : One not concerned with right or wrong 

Amphibian (