| A | B |
|---|
| Acumen | Keennes of the mind; shrewdness |
| Apotheosis | The elevation of a person or thing to divine status |
| Askew | Turned or twisted to one side; out of line |
| Chasten | To correct or improve by disciplining; to cause to be more careful or restrained |
| Demarcation | The act or process of setting a boundary; the boundary itself |
| Dictum | A statement or pronouncement |
| Erstwhile | Of an earlier time; former |
| Forte | An activity at which a person excels |
| Habitue | A person who regularly goes to a particular place |
| Nonplus | To cause to be at a loss as to what to say or do |
| Peripatetic | Of or relating to going from place to place; especially on foot |
| Prodigal | One who spends lavishly or wastefully |
| Sycophant | One who uses flattery to win favor or to intigrate him or herself |
| Vacuous | Lacking intelligence or ideas; intellectual emptiness |
| Wraith | A shadowy or ghostlike figure |
