1. Chorister: member of choir especially its leader
2. Contralto: lowest female voice
3. Glee club: choral group usually large
4. Hymn: religious or sacred song
5. Libretto: words and texts of opera
6. Leider: stylized German song
7. Opera: drama in which text is entirely sung
8. Baton: conductor’s light rd usually to keep time
9. Conductor: leader of orchestra
10. Consort : ensemble of singers and instrumentalists
11. Improvisation : composition of music while performing it
12. Recital : concert given by individual performer
13. Ballad : slow sentimental romantic song
14. Symphony: full orchestra
15. Chantey : sailor’s work song
16. Gospel : popular Christian church music
17. Ditty : brief, humorous and simple song
18. Riff : short melodic passage played on an instrument
19. Unplugged : performed without electronic amplification or effects
20. Virtuoso : performer with great skill or artistry

1. Air: simple tune melody or song
2. Arabesque: short composition for piano
3. Aubade: sunrise music
4. Ballade: piano composition in romantic mood
5. Ballet: music written to accompany balletic dance
6. Concertino: short concert
7. Dirge : slow mournful piece of music
8. Etude: a musical piece intended to aid student in learning an instrument
9. Minuet : early French dance
10. Nocturne : dreamy romantic piece of music
11. Overture: musical introduction to Ballet
12. Pastoral: music of simple rural life
13. Prelude: a musical introduction
14. Symphony : composition for orchestra
15. Canto: melody in choral or instrumental music
16. Coda: passage added to final section or piece
17. Crescendo: gradual steady increase in volume
18. Decrescendo: gradual decrease in volume
19. Dissonance : interval that is restless and discordant
20. Fanfare: trumpet flourish
21. Finale: closing part of music
22. Homophony: music in which one melody  dominates
23. Intonation: production of tone with a voice or instrument
24. Modulation: change from one key to another
25. Pedal “prolonged tone
26. Staccato : with abrupt breaks within notes
27. Alto : female voice sung at a lower pitch than soprano
28. Bass: lowest normal make voice
29. Canticle: liturgical song based on bible text
30. Chant : sacred song
31. Choir : group of singers

1. Antagonist: rival
2. Bard: composer/singer of epic poetry
3. Belletrist: composer of many amusing works
4. Bibliognot : people with comprehensive knowledge of books
5. Playwright : dramatist
6. Fabulist : person who writes fables
7. Farceur: writer of broad comedy
8. Pseudonym: pen name
9. Scribe: copier of manuscripts before invention of printing
10. Scrivener: professional or public copyist writer
11. Wordsmith: a skilled writer
12. Persona: character in play
13. Poetaster : inferior poet
14. Protagonist : main character in a narrative

1. Doggerel: silly or bad poetry
2. Epilogue: concluding segment after the main body
3. Euphony: pleasantness of sounds in poetry
4. Exegesis : critical interpretation of text
5. Genre: category of composition with a specific style
6. Gloss: continuous commentary appearing in a text
7. Imagery : language used to evoke mental picture
8. Irony: words expressing other than literal meanings
9. Leitmotif : dominant theme
10. Mimesis: imitation of person’s style/grammar
11. Motif: recurring theme
12. Passus: division of story
13. Plagiarism: literary theft
14. Sarcasm : ironic/caustic language against an individual
15. Simile: speech comparing two similar things
16. Almanac: book with information on various fields
17. Compendium: concise but comprehensive work
18. Canon: work ascribed to author and accepted as genuine
19. Concordance : alphabetical index of topics
20. Hornbook : child’s primer
21. Magnum opus : one author’s classical masterpiece
22. Omnibus: book containing the works of a single author
23. Tome : very large or scholarly work

1. Rondel : short poem
2. Saga : lengthy legend
3. Satire : work holding up human vices
4. Sirvente : medieval poem
5. Sonnet : poem of fourteen lines
6. Verse : poetry
7. Whodunit: mystery story
8. Agon : dispute between chorus and characters in a Greek tragedy
9. Allegory : metaphor used to explain larger meanings
10. Alliteration: repetition of sounds in initial words
11. Allusion: reference to famous persons or events
12. Amphigory : nonsensical poetry
13. Analects : literary passages
14. Analogy : comparison between objects
15. Antithesis : use of contrasting images or words
16. Bowdlerize: censor by cutting offensive sections
17. Blank verse: unrhymed poetry
18. Cacophony: discordant sounds
19. Caesurae: break in poetic rhythm
20. Canto: one of the main divisions of a long poem
21. Cliché : time worn commonplace expression
22. Cognomen: distinguishing name
23. Diatribe : bitter accusation
24. Dithyramb: short poem
25. Ditty: short simple lyric

1. Apologue : fable containing a moral
2. Memoirs: autobiography
3. Ballad: poem that tells a story
4. Chanson: song to be sung
5. Chronicle : historical writing
6. Confession: autobiography addressing very private topics
7. Eclogue : pastoral poem
8. Elegy: poem lamenting one who is dead
9. Epic: Literary work recounting a heroic story
10. Epigram : terse witty saying
11. Epistle : letter
12. Exemplum: short story with a moral point
13. Fable : supernatural tale
14. Farce: drama with an improbable plot
15. Fiction: invented, imagined story
16. Gothic: fiction based on horror
17. Idyll: short lyrical poem
18. Lampoon: harsh satire
19. Limerick: a humorous poem
20. Melodrama : work of extravagant theatricality
21. Novelette : brief novel
22. Novella : brief poem with a compact plot
23. Ode: lyric poem
24. Pasquinade : publicly posted lampoon or satire
25. Polemic : art of argumentation
26. Prosody: study of meter in poetry

1. Vent: passages in mold through which gases escape during casting
2. Spall: chip or splinter broken from stone during carving
3. Grounding : finely polishing marble
4. Gradine : toothed chisel
5. Gouge : curved chisel
6. Foundry: process of melting, casting or molding metals
7. File: abrasive metal tool for smoothing and shaping
8. Emboss: decorate with low relief design
9. Alabaster : transparent marble like stone for carving
10. Annealing: softening of hammer hardened metal by heating and gradual cooling
11. Armature: framework used to support sculpture in modeling process
12. Banker: sculptor’s workbench for dressing stones
13. Carving: cutting away stones or wood to three dimensional forms
14. Casting: reproduction technique using a mold
15. Chase : finish metal surface
16. Chisel : sharp metal carving tool
17. Drill: tool for boring holes in wood
18. Electrum: alloy of gold and silver for fine sculptural details
19. Totem : carved emblem especially of animal and plant form
20. Statuary: groups of statues
21. Discobolus : statue of athlete about to toss
22. Colossus: extremely large scale sculpture
23. Bust : sculpture of upper part of the body
24. Akrolith: statue made of two materials
25. Colossus : extremely large scale sculpture

Tools and Techniques Used in Painting

1. Atelier : artist’s studio
2. Batik : painting on wax treated cloth
3. Cartoon : full size, preliminary painting or sketch for complete work
4. Collage : pasting together bits of found objects
5. Cool-colors – blue green colors of the spectrum
6. Crayon: small stick or chalk, colored wax or charcoal used for painting
7. Easel: vertical framework for supporting painting in progress
8. Finger paint: water soluble, non-toxic paint applied with fingers
9. Fresco : technique of painting directly on a wet plaster surface
10. Gilding : application of gold leaf for picture surface
11. Glaze: thin translucent layer of cover
12. Hue : distinct quality of a color a spectrum
13. Iconography : represent in painting or drawing
14. Limn: represent in painting or drawing
15. Mandorla : halo of light on holy figures
16. Monochromatic : having a single color scheme
17. Oeuvre: entire body of an artist’s work
18. Palette: handled board for mixing colors
19. Polychromatic : painted in many colors
20. Restoration : repair of damaged or worn out painting
21. Secco: painting or dry plaster on wall or ceiling
22. Vignette : small decorative painting used at intervals in books
23. Grotesque : work involving animal, human and plant forms
24. Genre: realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life
25. Altarpiece: devotional image in place of worship
26. Curator: person in charge of museum and objects in it

Words related to specific color and shade

Color – I WHITE

1. Putty
2. Oyster
3. Nacre
4. Dove
5. Blond
6. Alabaster
7. Argent
8. Gauze
9. Columbine

Color –II BLACK

1. Soot
2. Pitch
3. Raven
4. Sable
5. Ebony
6. Jet

Color – III RED

1. Jockey
2. Garnet
3. Alizarin
4. Crimson
5. Alpenglow
6. Annatto
7. Carioca
8. Carmine
9. Carnelian
10. Cerise
11. Cinnabar
12. Claret
13. Cochineal
14. Cranberry
15. Damask
16. Lobster
17. Ponceau
18. Poppy
19. Ruby
20. Rust
21. Scarlet
22. Stammel
23. Vermillion
24. Wine
25. Maroon
26. Murrey

Color – IV ORANGE

1. Terracotta
2. Tangerine
3. Ocher
4. Apricot
5. Aurora
6. Carotene
7. Carrot
8. Helianthin
9. Hyacinth
10. Mandarin
11. Marigold
12. Mikado
13. Pumpkin

Color – V PINK

1. Blush
2. Begonia
3. Salmon
4. Ombre
5. Nymph
6. Cameo
7. Carnation
8. Fiesta
9. Flamingo
10. Incarnadine
11. Melon

Color – VI GREY

1. Ash
2. Cinder
3. Cinereous
4. Dove
5. Flint
6. Griege
7. Obsidian
8. Pelican
9. Plumbago
10. Slate
11. Taupe

Color – VII YELLOW

1. Amber
2. Auramine
3. Aureolin
4. Blond
5. Brass
6. Brazen
7. Bluff
8. Butter
9. Calendula
10. Canary
11. Chalcedony
12. Chamois
13. Citron
14. Crocus
15. Dandelion
16. Flax
17. Gamboges
18. Honey
19. Jonquil
20. Linen
21. Maize
22. Mustard
23. Orpiment
24. Palomino
25. Pear
26. Primrose
27. Puree
28. Quince
29. Reed
30. Saffron
31. Sallow
32. Straw
33. Wheaten
34. Yolk

Color – VIII GREEN

1. Absinthe
2. Aqua
3. Avocado
4. Beryl
5. Bice
6. Brewster
7. Celadon
8. Corbeau
9. Drake
10. Emerald
11. Flagstone
12. Holly
13. Jade
14. Lizard
15. Loden
16. Malachite
17. Mint
18. Moss
19. Myrtle
20. Olive
21. Patina
22. Reseda
23. Serpentine
24. Shamrock
25. Spruce
26. Teal
27. Tourmaline
28. Turquoise
29. Verdigris
30. Viridian
31. Yew
32. Verdant

Color – IX BLUE

1. Aquamarine
2. Azure
3. Cerulean
4. Cyan
5. Gentian
6. Huckleberry
7. Hydrangea
8. Jouvence
9. Lucerne
10. Lupine
11. Milori
12. Smalt
13. Ultramarine
14. Wisteria
15. Woad
16. Zaffer

Color – X Purple

1. Amethyst
2. Aubergine
3. Bokhara
4. Campanula
5. Clematis
6. Dahlia
7. Damson
8. Fuchsia
9. Gridelin
10. Heliotrope
11. Hyacinth
12. Lavender
13. Lilac
14. Magenta
15. Mauve
16. Monsignor
17. Orchid
18. Pansy
19. Raisin
20. Raspberry
21. Rubine
22. Solferino
23. Tulip
24. Violet/violetta