| A | B |
|---|
| acumen | keenness of the mind/shrewdness |
| apotheosis | elevation of a person to divine status; best example |
| askew | turned or twisted to one side |
| chasten | to correct or improve by disciplining |
| demarcation | setting a boundry |
| dictum | s 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 ingratiate him or herslef |
| vacuous | lacking intelligence or ideas; intellectual emptiness |
| wraith | a shadowy or ghostlike figure |
