1. Opera: A dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
Noun: The opera had a good press.
2. Pop: Musical style born in the 1960s, which has elements of rock music and British popular music and is characterized by its simple and direct structure and the special importance given to the melody.
Noun: I have no relish for pop music.
3. Punk: [countercultural movement] That emerged in the United Kingdom in the 70s as a protest by urban youth against the conventionalism of society and the economic crisis, which manifested itself mainly in music.
Noun: Rock'n'roll has become so commercialised and safe since punk.
4. Reggae: Style of popular music with a strongly accented subsidiary beat, originating in Jamaica.
Noun: Reggae music was popularized by Bob Marley in the 1970s.
5. Rock: Musical style born in the 1960s as a derivative of rock and roll and characterized by the use of complex melodies and rhythms, with fairly fixed instrumentation (basically electric guitar, electric bass).
Noun: Rock music came out of the blues.
6. Soul: Musical style born among the black community of the United States of America in the 1950s as a derivation of various African-American musical forms.
Noun: In sum, soul music is important to the record industry.
7. Impossible: Not able to occur, exist, or be done.
Adjective: The word "Impossible" is not in my dictionary.
8. Unthinkable: (Of a situation or event) too unlikely or undesirable to be considered a possibility.
Adjective: Her strong Catholic beliefs made abortion unthinkable.
9. Composer: A person who writes music, especially as a professional occupation.
Noun: The composer expresses his sorrow in his music.
10. Imagination: The faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses.
Noun: Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality.
11. Cemetery: A burial ground; a graveyard.
Noun: He was buried in Highgate Cemetery.
12. Clap: Strike the palms of (one's hands) together repeatedly, typically in order to applaud someone or something.
Verb: A swift clap of thunder woke me.
13. Cheer up: to become happier.
Noun: Cheer up—things will get better.
14. Artist: An artist is someone who draws or paints pictures or creates sculptures as a job or a hobby.
Noun: An artist lives everywhere.
15. Sense: Your senses are the physical abilities of sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste.
Noun: A man of sense talks little and listens much.
16. Anxious: Experiencing worry, unease, or nervousness, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Adjective: He was anxious to preserve his reputation.
