| A | B |
|---|
| bourgeois | (member of) the middle class |
| connoisseur | competent judge |
| coterie | social set, clique |
| critique | written analysis of a work of art |
| debutante | young woman making her formal appearance in society |
| intrigue | plotting, scheming |
| liaison | unofficial linkage |
| repertoire | (list of) works a person or a company can perform |
| malapropism | blunder in choice of words |
| mentor | a wise, trusted advisor |
| mercury | messenger, carrier of news |
| nemesis | agent of retribution, a just punishment |
| protean | highly versatile, readily taking numerous forms |
| stentorian | very loud or powerful |
| allegory | story in which characters are symbolic |
| ballet | style of dancing,(a kind of) dance perfomance |
| curator | custodian of museum or art collection |
| denouement | outcome, solution(of a story or play) |
| symmetry | balence, correspondence of parts |
| virtuoso | person especially skilled in one of the fine arts |
