Art & Music

Painting, melody, design, performance, and creative work.

380 words

# Art & Music

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**Words:** 380

## About
Painting, melody, design, performance, and creative work.

## Words by Level

### A1
- music - Sounds arranged in a pleasing way using melody, rhythm, and harmony.
- dance - To move your body in time to music.
- song - A short piece of music with words that you sing.
- piece - A part of something larger, or an amount broken or cut off.
- picture - A drawing, painting, or photograph of something or someone.
- club - A group of people who meet because they share an interest or activity.
- art - The making of things like paintings, drawings, or sculptures to be beautiful or express ideas.
- dancing - The activity of moving in time to music.
- color - The quality of an object, such as red, blue, or green, that comes from the light it reflects.
- draw - To make a picture or pattern with a pen, pencil, or similar tool.
- painting - A picture made by applying paint to a surface.
- design - A plan or drawing showing how something will be made or how it will work.
- theater - A building where plays or films are shown.
- concert - a public performance of music

### A2
- drama - A play for the theater, television, radio, or film, especially a serious one.
- singing - The activity of making music with your voice.
- image - A picture, photo, or representation of someone or something.
- drawing - A picture made with a pen, pencil, or crayon.
- rhythm - A regular pattern of strong and weak sounds or beats in music or speech.
- gallery - A room or building where works of art are displayed.
- portrait - A painting, drawing, or photograph of a person, especially the face and shoulders.
- photography - The art and activity of taking photographs.
- disco - A place or event where people dance to recorded pop music.
- meter - A unit of length equal to 100 centimetres (US spelling of 'metre').
- hip hop - A style of popular music with a strong rhythm and spoken or rapped lyrics.
- symphony - A long piece of music in several parts, usually written for a full orchestra.
- lyric - The words of a song.
- classical music
- crayon - a small stick or pencil of colored wax, chalk, charcoal, or similar material used for drawing
- drummer - a person who plays a drum or a drum kit

### B1
- poem - A piece of writing arranged in lines, often with rhythm or rhyme, that expresses feelings or ideas.
- beat - To defeat someone in a game, contest, or fight.
- artist - A person who creates art, such as paintings or sculptures.
- studio - A room where radio or television programmes, music, or films are made.
- jazz - A style of music with African American roots, known for improvisation, swing, and strong rhythm.
- poetry - Writing arranged in lines, often with rhythm or rhyme, that expresses feelings and ideas.
- visual - Relating to seeing or sight.
- arrangement - A plan or agreement made so that something can happen.
- bronze - A hard reddish-brown metal made by mixing copper and tin
- sculpture - A work of art made by shaping material such as stone, wood, clay, or metal into a three-dimensional form.
- critic - A person whose job is to give opinions about books, films, music, or art.
- composition - the different parts or people that something is made up of
- graphic - Very clear and detailed, especially in describing something unpleasant like sex or violence.
- graphics - The visual images produced or displayed by a computer.
- easel - a stand or frame for supporting an artist's canvas or a display board
- theme - The main subject or idea of a book, film, talk, or piece of art.
- version - A particular form of something that differs from other forms of the same thing.
- drumstick - a stick used for striking a drum or similar percussion instrument
- recorder - a simple woodwind instrument played by blowing through a fipple and covering finger holes
- pianist - a person who plays the piano, especially professionally or with considerable skill

### B2
- opera - A dramatic play set to music in which the words are sung rather than spoken.
- ballet - A graceful, classical form of dance, often performed to tell a story with music.
- melody - A sequence of musical notes that forms a tune.
- lyrics - The words of a song.
- matching - Having the same design, colour, or appearance as something else.
- verse - A group of lines that form one unit of a song or poem.
- masterpiece - A work of art or skill that is outstanding and widely admired.
- funky - Stylish and modern in an unusual, eye-catching way.
- nightclub - A place that opens late at night where people go to drink, dance, and listen to music.
- funk - A style of dance music with a strong rhythm, related to jazz and soul.
- salsa - A spicy sauce made from tomatoes, onions, and chilli peppers, often eaten with Mexican food.
- miniature - Much smaller than the usual size.
- refrain - To stop yourself from doing something.
- artwork - A painting, drawing, sculpture, or other piece of visual art.
- genre - A particular type or style of art, literature, music, or film.
- orchestral - Relating to an orchestra or to music played by one.
- canon - A general rule or principle that is widely accepted in a field.
- reggae - A style of popular music from Jamaica with a strong, steady rhythm and a heavy bass.
- showbiz - The entertainment industry, including film, television, theatre, and music.
- artistry - Great skill and creativity in art or another activity.
- repaint - To paint something again, especially something painted before.
- impressionism - A style of painting that uses visible brushstrokes to capture light and ordinary scenes.
- graphically - In a very clear and detailed way, often about something unpleasant.
- woodcarving - The art of cutting and shaping wood to make objects or decorations.
- martial art
- baton - a thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir
- cymbal - a round, slightly hollow metal percussion instrument that is struck with a stick or against another cymbal
- mural - a large painting or other artwork made directly on a wall
- mosaic - a picture or pattern made by arranging small pieces of colored stone, glass, tile, or another material
- embroidery - the art or process of decorating fabric with patterns sewn in thread
- overtone - a musical or acoustic tone sounding above a fundamental tone as part of a complex sound
- lullaby - a quiet, soothing song sung to help a baby or young child fall asleep
- sepia - a dark reddish-brown color associated with old photographs and drawings
- needlework - the art or activity of sewing, embroidery, or other work done with a needle, especially by hand
- sculptor - an artist who creates sculpture by carving, modeling, casting, or assembling materials
- tuner - a person who adjusts a piano or other instrument to the correct pitch
- tambourine - a handheld frame drum, usually with small metal disks in its rim that jingle when shaken or struck
- rehearse - to practise a play, piece of music, speech, or other performance before presenting it publicly
- saxophone - a usually brass, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical tube and finger-operated keys
- trombone - a low-pitched brass instrument whose tube is usually lengthened and shortened with a movable slide
- baritone - the adult male singing voice between tenor and bass in range
- bassoon - a large double-reed woodwind instrument with a long folded tube, typically playing in the tenor and bass registers
- semitone - music: the smallest interval in the standard chromatic scale of Western music, equal to half a whole tone
- soloist - a musician who performs a solo

### C1
- canvas - A strong, rough cloth used for tents, sails, bags, and shoes.
- texture - The way a surface or material feels when you touch it.
- masculine - (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
- flourish - To grow or develop strongly and successfully.
- aesthetic - Relating to beauty or the appreciation of beautiful things.
- concerto - A piece of music written for one or more solo instruments and an orchestra.
- evoke - To bring a feeling, memory, or image into someone's mind.
- fanciful - Imagined rather than based on facts; unrealistic.
- artistically - In a skilful or creative way that shows artistic taste.
- poetess - A woman who writes poetry.
- trenchant - Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
- poetical - Synonym of poetic.
- smartly - in a stylish manner
- warble - to sing with trills or rapid, smooth variations in pitch, like a bird
- cadence - the rhythmic flow or pattern of sounds in speech, writing, or movement
- tapestry - a thick woven textile with a picture or decorative design, especially one hung on a wall
- fresco - the technique of painting with water-based pigment on fresh, damp plaster
- caricaturist - an artist or writer who creates caricatures by exaggerating distinctive features for comic, critical, or satirical effect
- inlay - to decorate a surface by setting pieces of another material into it
- diorama - a three-dimensional model or display of a scene, often with figures arranged before a painted background
- dramatize - to adapt a story or event for performance as a play, film, radio work, or television program
- jig - a lively traditional dance with quick steps and jumps, or the music for it
- couplet - two successive lines of verse that form a unit, often sharing a meter and rhyme
- palette - a thin board or other flat surface on which an artist arranges and mixes paints
- patchwork - the craft or method of sewing differently shaped pieces of fabric together into a larger design
- croon - to sing or hum softly in a low, gentle, or sentimental voice
- playact - to behave theatrically or pretend feelings or intentions that are not genuine
- monogram - a design made by combining or interweaving a person's or organization's initials as an identifying mark
- carol - a joyful song, especially a traditional religious song sung at Christmas
- romanticism - the late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century movement in European art, literature, and music that emphasized imagination, emotion, individual experience, and nature
- mandolin - a small plucked string instrument of the lute family, usually with four paired courses tuned like a violin
- symphonic - relating to, written as, or characteristic of a symphony or symphony orchestra
- encore - an extra or repeated performance given after the scheduled program, usually in response to applause
- futurist - a person who studies current trends in order to forecast possible future developments
- recitative - a speechlike style of singing in opera, oratorio, and related music, used especially to advance dialogue or narrative between more melodic passages
- stencil - a thin sheet with letters, shapes, or a design cut from it, used to reproduce the pattern on another surface
- falsetto - a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
- timbre - The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
- calligraphy - the art or practice of producing beautiful, decorative handwriting
- presto - used to announce a sudden or seemingly magical result

### C2
- tempo - in music, the speed at which a composition is to be played
- choreography - The art of arranging the steps and movements of a dance.
- baroque - In the highly decorated, dramatic style of European art and music of about 1600 to 1750.
- figuratively - In a way that is meant as an image or comparison, not literally.
- mangle - To damage something badly by crushing, tearing, or twisting it.
- etching - The art of cutting a design into a metal plate with acid so prints can be made from it.
- modulate - change the key of, in music
- virtuosity - Outstanding technical skill, especially in music or art.
- sallow - cause to become a sickly pale color
- portraiture - The art or practice of making portraits in painting or photography.
- incise - To cut into a surface with a sharp tool, especially to carve or engrave a design.
- choreographical - Relating to choreography or the arranging of dance movements.
- allusive - characterized by indirect references
- annotation - A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
- arriviste - An upstart or newcomer; nouveau riche; parvenu; an ambitious, brash or arrogant person who has yet to integrate with his or her new social group.
- cathartic - Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.
- coercion - Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
- complacent - contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
- concomitant - Something happening or existing at the same time.
- crescendo - a gradual increase in loudness, in music
- debacle - An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
- dichotomy - The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of human into female and male.
- diffident - lacking self-confidence
- dilate - become wider
- diminutive - very small
- dross - Worthless or trivial matter.
- dynamo - An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
- elegy - A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
- epigram - A short, witty or pithy poem.
- equivocate - To render equivocal or ambiguous.
- exacerbate - To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
- excoriate - To strongly condemn or criticize.
- expiate - make amends for
- extirpate - To cause a population to go extinct in a particular region, but not across the entire range of the species or subspecies.
- fulminate - come on suddenly and intensely
- hallmark - A distinguishing characteristic.
- holistic - Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts.
- jejune - lacking in nutritive value
- lacerate - irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn
- languish - become feeble
- lapidary - of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them
- martinet - A strict disciplinarian.
- mephitic - Foul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere.
- meritocracy - Rule by merit and talent.
- oscillate - To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
- perpetrate - perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- placate - To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
- plangent - loud and resounding
- poseur - One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
- posthumous - occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
- pungent - strong and sharp
- rapprochement - The reestablishment of cordial relations, particularly between two countries; a reconciliation.
- recapitulation - The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
- risible - Of or pertaining to laughter
- sartorial - Of or relating to the tailoring of clothing.
- satiate - To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
- sybarite - A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
- tarnish - To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
- truncate - terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
- undulate - increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves
- metrical - Relating to birth certificates.
- taille - A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France.
- typography - the craft of composing type and printing from it
- inimitable - Beyond imitation, surpassing all others; matchless.
- waxwork - a lifelike figure or effigy modeled in wax
- ut - music: the original solfege name for the first note of a major scale, now usually called do
- chime - a melodious ringing sound, or a set of tuned bells or metal bars that produces it
- arpeggio - the notes of a chord played one after another rather than simultaneously
- inharmonious - lacking pleasing musical harmony; discordant
- tragedian - an actor who specializes in tragic roles
- statuary - statues considered collectively
- tableau - a striking, vivid, or dramatic scene
- quaver - in British musical terminology, a note with half the time value of a crotchet; an eighth note
- tracery - ornamental stone, wood, or metalwork forming interlacing ribs or branching patterns, especially in a window
- dithyrambic - wildly or extravagantly enthusiastic in expression
- bard - a poet and singer in a Celtic tradition, especially one who composed verses celebrating heroes and notable events
- dulcimer - a stringed instrument with strings stretched over a usually trapezoidal soundboard and struck with small hammers
- iambic - composed of or characterized by iambs, metrical feet in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed one
- sceneshifter - a stagehand who moves or changes theatrical scenery during a performance
- ode - a formal lyric poem, often addressed to and celebrating or reflecting on a person, event, object, or idea
- basso - low and deep in pitch, especially of a male voice
- tuneless - lacking a recognizable or pleasing melody; not tuneful
- bagpipe - a wind instrument whose pipes are sounded from air stored in a bag, usually referred to in the plural as bagpipes
- cancan - a lively French stage dance performed with high kicks, traditionally by a chorus line
- chromatic - relating to color or to differences in color
- choral - relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or chorus
- gamboge - a yellow to orange gum resin from Southeast Asian Garcinia trees, formerly used as a pigment and purgative
- palette knife - a blunt, flexible, flat-bladed artist's tool used to mix colors on a palette and sometimes to apply or remove paint
- pianoforte - the full or historical name for a piano, a keyboard instrument whose hammers strike strings and whose volume varies with the player's touch
- crow quill - a quill from a crow's wing, especially one cut into a fine writing or drawing pen
- harmonics - the study of musical sounds, harmony, and their acoustic relationships
- dactyl - a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables, or one long syllable followed by two short ones
- trochee - a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable, or a long syllable followed by a short one
- plectrum - a small flat piece of plastic, metal, or other material used to pluck the strings of an instrument
- poesy - literary: poetry, especially considered as an art or body of writing
- tetrachord - in music theory, a series of four notes spanning the interval of a perfect fourth
- handiwork - work done by hand, or an object made through manual skill
- dithyramb - an ancient Greek choral hymn sung with passionate intensity in honor of Dionysus
- harmonist - a musician or composer skilled in creating, performing, or analyzing harmony
- paeon - a metrical foot of four syllables with one long or stressed syllable and three short or unstressed syllables
- polyphonic - in music, consisting of two or more independent melodic lines sounding together
- bijou - a small jewel, ornament, or finely made decorative object
- ditty - a short, simple song or verse, especially one that is light or easy to remember
- hornpipe - a lively traditional solo dance associated especially with sailors
- rhapsody - an intensely enthusiastic or emotional expression in speech or writing
- consonance - agreement or compatibility between opinions, principles, qualities, or actions
- busk - to perform music or another form of entertainment in a public place for voluntary donations
- emblazon - to display, write, or depict something prominently on a surface
- carmine - a vivid purplish-red pigment or dye traditionally made from cochineal insects
- fife - a small, high-pitched transverse flute, traditionally played with drums in military music
- seriocomic - combining serious and comic elements, subjects, or moods
- castanet - one of a pair of small shell-shaped percussion instruments clicked together by the fingers, especially in Spanish dance
- vamp - a short, repeated, often improvised musical accompaniment or chord progression
- contralto - the lowest standard female singing voice, below mezzo-soprano
- requiem - a Christian Mass or other service for the repose of the dead
- serenade - a song or musical performance given for someone, traditionally outdoors in the evening as an expression of love
- danseuse - dated: a female professional dancer, especially a ballet dancer
- harmonium - a small keyboard instrument whose free reeds are sounded by air supplied through bellows
- trill - a rapid alternation between two adjacent musical notes
- chassé - a gliding dance step in which one foot moves to the side and the other closes to it
- idyl - a short poem or prose piece depicting peaceful rural or pastoral life
- stipple - to draw, paint, engrave, or shade using many small dots or short marks
- caryatid - a sculpted female figure used as an architectural support in place of a column or pillar
- minstrel - historical: a travelling musician, singer, poet, or storyteller, especially in medieval Europe
- oratorio - a large musical work for orchestra, choir, and solo voices, usually on a sacred subject and performed without staging, costumes, or scenery
- pirouette - a rapid complete turn of the body on one foot or on the toes, especially in ballet
- viol - a member of a family of fretted bowed string instruments, usually with six strings and held vertically, prominent in European music from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries
- idyll - a simple poem or prose work portraying pastoral life or a peaceful, contented scene
- lute - a plucked string instrument with a rounded back, flat front, fretted neck, and usually a bent-back pegbox
- nocturne - a gentle, lyrical, or dreamlike musical composition suggestive of night, especially one for solo piano
- threnody - a song, poem, or other composition expressing grief or mourning, especially for someone who has died
- statuette - a small statue or sculpted figure, especially one made as an ornament, study, or collectible
- bourdon - a continuous low drone or bass tone, especially one produced by a bagpipe, hurdy-gurdy, or similar instrument
- brushwork - an artist's technique or characteristic manner of applying paint with a brush
- figurine - a small sculpted or moulded representation of a person, animal, or imaginary figure, often made as an ornament or collectible
- hautboy - archaic: an oboe or an early form of that treble double-reed woodwind instrument
- footlight - a stage light positioned along the front edge of a stage and directed upward at the performers
- arabesque - an intricate decorative design of interlacing lines, scrolling foliage, or geometric forms, especially in Islamic and Renaissance art
- fleur-de-lis - a stylized three-petalled flower used as a heraldic charge and decorative emblem, especially associated with the French monarchy
- bugle - a simple brass instrument, usually without valves, used especially for military signals
- lacquerwork - decorative or artistic work made by applying, carving, painting, or inlaying layers of lacquer
- marquetry - the decorative craft of fitting thin pieces of differently colored wood, shell, metal, or other veneer into a surface to form a design
- zither - a stringed instrument with many strings stretched across a flat, usually horizontal soundbox and played by plucking or strumming
- quatrain - a stanza or complete poem consisting of four lines
- odalisque - historical: an enslaved female attendant in an Ottoman palace or harem; in Western writing, often inaccurately treated as a concubine
- impasto - painting: the technique of applying paint thickly enough for brush or palette-knife marks to remain visibly raised
- oboe - a high-pitched woodwind instrument with a narrow conical bore and a double reed, used especially in orchestras and chamber music
- piper - a musician who plays a pipe, flute, or especially bagpipes
- Jew's harp - a small plucked instrument held against the teeth or lips, whose flexible tongue vibrates while the player's mouth changes the tone
- concertina - a small free-reed musical instrument with bellows between two end boards, played by pressing buttons while expanding and compressing it
- capriccio - music: a lively, freely formed instrumental composition with a fanciful or improvisatory character
- eclogue - a short pastoral poem, often presented as a monologue or dialogue between shepherds
- harlequinade - a comic theatrical entertainment featuring Harlequin and other stock characters, especially the concluding section of a traditional British pantomime
- piccolo - a small transverse flute pitched an octave above the standard concert flute, with a bright, penetrating sound
- sforzando - music: played or marked with a sudden, forceful emphasis
- sonata - a substantial musical composition for one instrument or a small group, usually arranged in several contrasting movements
- anapaest - prosody: a metrical foot of three syllables in which two unstressed syllables are followed by one stressed syllable
- bandsman - a musician who plays in a band, especially a brass or military band
- orchestrate - to plan, coordinate, and direct the parts of a complex event or operation so they produce a desired result
- mezzotint - a printmaking technique in which a metal plate is roughened to print dark tones and then scraped or burnished to create lighter areas
- tessellated - covered or decorated with small tiles or pieces fitted together in a mosaic pattern
- minuet - a slow, formal dance in triple time that was fashionable in European courts during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
- rub-a-dub - the repeated beating or sound of a drum; a continuous rhythmic drumming
- gamut - A (normally) complete range.
- cupid - A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
- pianola - a piano that plays music mechanically from instructions recorded on a perforated paper roll
- cubist - an artist who works in the style of cubism
- harpsichord - a keyboard instrument in which pressing a key plucks a string, producing a bright, crisp tone
- trompe-l’oeil - an artistic technique that uses realistic detail to create the illusion that painted objects are three-dimensional
- cantatrice - a professional female singer, especially an opera singer
- clavichord - an early keyboard instrument whose strings are struck by small metal blades, producing a soft, expressive sound
- ragtime - a style of music, especially for piano, with a strongly syncopated melody over a steady rhythm
- tremolo - a musical effect made by rapidly repeating one note or alternating between two notes
- putto - a painted or sculpted figure of a small, usually naked and often winged boy, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art
- cantata - a work for one or more singers with instrumental accompaniment, typically arranged in several movements
- versify - to compose poetry or write in verse
- villanelle - a nineteen-line poem with five three-line stanzas and a final four-line stanza, using two repeating refrains and two rhymes
- anthem - a song of praise, loyalty, or shared identity, especially for a nation, institution, or religious body
- chiaroscuro - the artistic use of strong contrasts between light and dark to model form or create dramatic effect
- diapason - a full, rich outpouring or range of musical sound; also a principal organ stop
- fantasia - a free-form instrumental composition, often weaving together several themes
- lithograph - a print made by lithography, in which an image is drawn on a prepared flat surface and transferred to paper
- organist - a person who plays an organ
- photogravure - an intaglio printing process that transfers a photographic image to an etched plate, or a print made by that process
- roundelay - a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
- troubadour - a medieval lyric poet and musician, especially one composing in Occitan and singing of courtly love
- clarinet - A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
- lilt - a jaunty rhythm in music
- soprano - the highest female voice
- madonna - an artistic representation of the Virgin Mary, especially with the infant Jesus
- oleograph - a color lithograph made to imitate the appearance of an oil painting
- pre-raphaelite - a member or follower of the nineteenth-century Pre-Raphaelite movement in British art

### C2+
- duet - a musical composition or performance for two performers
- bop - to hit lightly; to dance to popular music; a style of jazz
- graphical - relating to visual art or to vivid, detailed depiction
- accompaniment - something that accompanies, especially music supporting a soloist
- docent - a guide who leads tours and explains exhibits at a museum or gallery
- suspire - to breathe out or sigh; to draw breath
- thespian - an actor or actress; relating to drama and the theatre
- cakewalk - something easily accomplished; a strutting dance of African American origin
- joss - a Chinese idol or cult image; luck or fortune
- abstractionist - an artist who works in abstract forms rather than representation
- artiste - a professional performing artist, especially a singer, dancer, or entertainer
- cartography - the science and art of making maps
- cartoonist - an artist who draws cartoons or comic strips
- chorus - a group of singers, or a refrain repeated in a song
- coincidental - happening by chance rather than by design
- dirge - a mournful song or lament for the dead
- educe - to draw out or elicit something latent
- horticulture - the art and science of cultivating gardens, fruits, vegetables, and flowers
- instrumentation - the arrangement of music for instruments, or the set of instruments used in a system
- masterwork - a masterpiece; the finest work an artist or craftsman produces
- modernistic - characteristic of modern styles or modernism, especially in art and design
- musically - in a manner relating to or resembling music
- nonhomogeneity - lack of uniformity in composition or structure
- nonmusical - not relating to or involving music; unmusical
- poetic - relating to or having the qualities of poetry
- theatric - relating to the theatre or exaggerated, dramatic display
- tuneful - having a pleasant melody; melodious
- wizardry - the art or practice of magic, or great skill in some activity
- emaciate - grow weak and thin or waste away physically
- factitious - not produced by natural forces
- macerate - soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
- maculate - To spot; to stain; to blur.
- mendicant - practicing beggary
- pursuant - That pursues.
- renaissance - Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.
- saturate - To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
- self-styled - as claimed by and for yourself often without justification
- suppliant - humbly entreating
- temperance - Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence.
- unearth - bring to light
- treble - three times as great or many
- choregus - in ancient Greece, a wealthy citizen who financed and supervised a chorus for a public dramatic or musical performance
- clarin - historical: a very long, trumpetlike wind instrument of Indigenous Mexico; the acocotl type is sounded by drawing air inward through its mouthpiece
- rhapsodist - a reciter or interpreter of epic or other poetry; a rhapsode
- alto-relievo - high relief: sculpture in which figures project strongly from the background
- panharmonic - music: adapted to, employing, or ranging across all harmonies or musical modes
- canzonet - a short, light song or a brief lyrical composition
- melodeum - historical, music: a small keyboard reed organ; a rare form related to melodeon
- teponaztli - a hollow wooden slit drum of central Mexico, especially associated with Aztec and related cultures, sounded by striking two carved tongues
- fiddlebow - a bow used to sound the strings of a fiddle or violin
- enchase - historical: to set a gemstone or another ornament into a mounting
- entr'acte - an interval between two acts of a play, opera, or other theatrical performance
- first-nighter - a person who regularly attends the opening nights of plays or other theatrical productions
- terribilità - art history: an awe-inspiring expression of powerful will, grandeur, and formidable or angry force, especially associated with Michelangelo's work

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