| A | B |
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| adagio | slowly, in music |
| virago | a scold; a noisy, tyrannizing woman |
| bravura | in music, a florid passage requiring great skill and spirit in the performer; a display of daring; a brilliant performance |
| contralto | the lowest female voice or part, between a soprano and a tenor; a woman having such a voice |
| crescendo | a gradual increase in the volume or intensity of sound |
| falsetto | a typically malesinging vioce, marked by artificially produced tones in an upper register that go beyond the voice's normal range |
| fortissimo | a very loud passage, sound or tone |
| imbroglio | a confused or difficult situation; a confused heap or tangle |
| largo | in a slow, solemn manner; a slow, broad movement |
| libretto | the text of an opera or other dramatic musical work |
| limbo | a state of neglect; an intermediate place |
| salvo | a simultaneous discharge of firearms; a sudden outburst of cheers or the like |
| staccato | music performed with a crisp, sharp attack to simulate rests between successive tones; composed of abrupt, distinct, emphatic parts or sounds |
| vendetta | blood feud; a prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility |
| arpeggio | the playingof the tones of a chord in rapid succession rather than simultaneously |
