Ch 18 Vocab
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- dissonance
- inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony.
- repertoire
- the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform.
- equitable
- characterized by equity or fairness; just and right; fair; reasonable
- austere
- severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding
- provincial
- having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial
- breadth
- an extent or piece of something of definite or full width or as measured by its width
- undulate
- to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement
- trite
- lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale
- elemental
- of the nature of an ultimate constituent; simple; uncompounded.
- misogynist
- hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women.
- prerequisite
- required beforehand
- repression
- the act of repressing; state of being repressed.
- frenzy
- extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.
- socialism
- the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.
- formative
- giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding
- symphonic
- of or pertaining to symphony or harmony of sounds.
- ominous
- portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
- les fauves
- the wild monsters
- cataclysmic
- A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change.
- facade
- any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly.