Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• emerged as: To become known or apparent; to come forth as.
• musical scene: The environment or community related to music performance and creation.
• such as: For example; like
• of sorts: Of a kind, but not a very good one.
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• genre: Category of art, music with its own qualities
• value: Importance you attach to something
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
• seek: To ask someone for help
• inferior: Being of little importance or worth
• civilization: A highly developed society
• renaissance: Period of intense activity in art and science
• enlightenment: State of having a lot of knowledge and wisdom
• medieval: Old or out of date and not of much use
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
• imperial: Of an empire or an emperor
• point: An item to be discussed
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• velvet: Type of smooth cloth which is soft to the touch
• sturdy: Substantially made or built; strong
• revolt: Protest against authority; fight to take control
• superstition: Unproven belief that some things are lucky/unlucky
• simplicity: Being easy to understand or use
• embed: To place or set inside rock, etc.
• dissonance: Lack of harmony or agreement
• spawn: Product or result of something
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• skeletal: Of the bones of the body
• western: Movies often about cowboys in the American West
• punk: Violent or criminal young man
• ornate: Decorated with many fancy objects or patterns
• successor: Person who takes over the position of another
• nomadic: Living by moving from place to place
• music: Sounds that are sung or played to give pleasure
• style: The (tasteful) way something is designed or done
• greece: A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
• romanticism: Art, writing, and music to emphasize imagination and emotion
• rome: Leadership of the Roman Catholic Church
• roman: A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions