Vocab Study mainly of music

For English 3

Affable

Diffusing warmth and friendliness

Benignant

Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence

Genial

Agreeable, conducive to comfort

Judicious

Marked by the exercise of good judgment in practical matter. This has a positive connotation

Magnanimous

Noble and generous in spirit

Munificent

Very generous

Philanthropic

Of or relating to charitable giving

Sang-froid

Great coolness and composure under strain

Prudence

Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

Unflappable

Not easily perturbed, excited, or upset

Aesthetic

Characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

Cacophony

Loud, confusing disagreeable sounds

Canon

A collection of books accepted as holy scripture

Epochal

Highly significant, especially bringing about a new era

Euphony

Any pleasing or harmonious sounds

Mawkish

Effusively or insincerely emotional

Mellifluous

Pleasing to the ear

Seminal

Containing seeds of later development (influential)

Sonorous

Full, loud, and deep (sounding)

Virtuoso

Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field