English : One word Substitution - A

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Multitasking
A judge's private room, without the press or the public being present	In camera
A period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful	Halcyon
A tax or levy	Cess
An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word	Acronym
An ability to do several things at the same time	Multitasking
An ability to express oneself well in speech	Oracy
An ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions	Acumen
An ability to see what will or might happen in the	Foresight
An ability to stay calm in difficult or dangerous situations	Sangfroid
An ability to use one's hands skillfully or an ability to think quickly and effectively	Dexterity
An ability, talent, or special skill needed to do something	Knack
Able to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens	Resilient
Able to do many different things	Versatile
Able to exist together without trouble or conflict going together well	Compatible
Acceptable according to the law, fair or reasonable	Valid
Accepting and closely following the traditional beliefs and customs of a religion	Orthodox
An act of burying a dead person	Interment
An act of carefully watching someone or something especially in order to prevent or detect a crime	Surveillance
An act of causing two people or groups to become friendly again after an argument or disagreement	Reconciliation
An act of committing a serious crime such as murder or rape	Felony
An act of destroying or damaging something deliberately so that it does not work correctly	Sabotage
An act of ending the employment of a worker or group of workers	Layoff
An act of explaining something	Exposition
An act of getting money back from people it has been paid to	Clawback
An act of going or travelling to a place along a way that is different from the usual or planned way	Detour
An act of identifying a disease, illness, or problem by examining someone or something	Diagnosis
An act of illegally copying someone's product or invention without permission	Piracy
An act of no longer caring for, using, or doing something, failure to do one's job or duty	Dereliction
An act of officially charging someone with a crime	Indictment
An act of printing a statement about somebody that is not true and that gives people a bad opinion of them	Libel
An act of punishing or harming somebody in return for what they have done to you your family or friends	Vengeance
An act of remembering or telling about past experiences	Reminiscence
An act of returning something that was lost or stolen to its owner	Restitution
An act of sending someone to another person or place for treatment, help, advice, etc.	Referral
An act of treating a holy place or object in a way that does not show proper respect	Sacrilege
An act of trying to impress someone by saying the names of wellknown people that one knows or has met	Namedropping
An act or fact of having a romantic or sexual relationship with someone other than one's husband, wife, or partner	Infidelity
An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving	Blockade
An act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage	Gambit
An act that is part of a usually religious ceremony	Rite
An act, activity, or process of finding the way to get to a place when one is travelling in a ship, airplane, car	Navigation
An action of making amends for a wrong or injury	Atonement
An action of marrying a person of a superior caste or class	Hypergamy
An action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt	Redemption
An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something	Cue
An action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk	Blasphemy
An activity or art of copying the behavior or speech of other people	Mimicry
An activity or excitement that is unusual and that often is not wanted or necessary	Fuss
An activity in that more and more people are becoming involved	Bandwagon
Actor or actress	Thespian
Add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment	Annotate
An additional fact or piece of information about a story that occurs after the main part	Postscript
Advantages or gains secured as a result of corrupt practices	Graft
An advice and future prediction based on the date of a person's birth and the positions of the stars and planets	Horoscope
Agreed to by everyone	Unanimous
An agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting, arguing, etc., for a certain period of time	Truce
An alcoholic liquor especially when it is cheap or made illegally	Hooch
All the plants that live in a particular area, time, period, or environment	Flora
All the things that a person is able to do	Repertoire
Allowed to know about (something secret)	Privy
Always or often happening or existing	Inveterate
An amount (such as an amount of money) that is more than the amount that is needed	Surplus
An amount of moneygiven to a retiring soldier or employee	Gratuity
An amount of money paid for a service	Honorarium
An amount of money that a company or the government pays to a person who is old or sick and no longer works	Pension
An amount of money that is given to someone in return for providing help in a secret and dishonest business deal	Kickback
An amount of money that is paid at one time	Lump sum
An amount of money that is spent	Outlay
An amount of money that must be paid and that is collected by a government or other authority	Levy
An amount of something that is produced by a person or thing	Output
An amount of time that a person holds a job, office, or title	Tenure
Amusing and very strange	Wacky
An angry and unpleasant woman, sexually attractive woman	Vixen
An argument that is complicated and continues over a long period of time	Wrangle
An invigilator at a university or college examination	Proctor
An ancient text in the form of a book, official listof medicines or chemicals	Codex
Anger caused by something that is unfair or wrong	Indignation
An angry and usually long speech or piece of writing that strongly criticizes someone or something	Diatribe
An angry woman who often complains about and criticizes other people	Virago
An animal or plant that lives in or on another animal or plant and gets food or protection from it	Parasite
An animal that has four feet	Quadruped
Annoy (someone) by often complaining about his or her behavior, appearance	Nag
Annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated	Chagrin
An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables	Almanac
Any one of the large parts that some countries are divided into	Province
Any one of the lines that go from the North Pole to the South Pole on maps of the world	Meridian
Appearing, happening,, or arriving soon	Forthcoming
An area around or near a particular place	Vicinity
An area in a desert where there is water and plants	Oasis
An area of land that has a particular quality or appearance	Landscape
An area of sea water that is separated from the ocean by a reef or sandbar	Lagoon
An area of soft, wet ground; situation that is hard to deal with or get out of	Quagmire
An area that is not close to any cities or towns	Hinterland
An area with people who are different in some way from the people in the areas around it	Enclave
An area within which someone or something has authority, influence, or knowledge	Purview
Argue loudly about things that are not important	Squabble
Argue with someone in a friendly way	Spar
An arrangement of events or dates in the order of eir occurrence	Chronology
An arrangement of leaves, flowers, fruits, etc., in the shape of a circle that is used for decoration	Wreath
An arrangement to meet somebody at a particular time and place	Rendezvous
Arrival of a large number of people	Influx
An art of growing ornamental, artificially dwarfed varieties of trees and shrubs in pots	Bonsai
An art, science, or profession of teaching	Pedagogy
As compared with; as opposed to –	Vis a vis
Asking for or demanding and taking (something) for one's use	Requisition
At or near the end of a piece of writing	Ad fin
Attacking on the reputation and integrity of someone or something	Aspersion
Attractive in a sexual way with large breasts and hips	Voluptuous
An attractively arranged bunch of flowers,especially one presented as a gift or carried at a ceremony	Bouquet
Average or ordinary –	Run of the mill