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111music — musicless, adj. /myooh zik/, n. 1. an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. 2. the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or… …
112painting — /payn ting/, n. 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface… …
113poetry — poetryless, adj. /poh i tree/, n. 1. the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. 2. literary work in metrical form; verse. 3. prose with poetic qualities. 4. poetic… …
114simple — simpleness, n. /sim peuhl/, adj., simpler, simplest, n. adj. 1. easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools. 2. not elaborate or artificial; plain: a simple style. 3. not ornate or luxurious; unadorned: a simple gown.… …
115uneducated — /un ej oo kay tid, ed yoo /, adj. not educated. [1580 90; UN 1 + EDUCATED] Syn. untutored, unschooled, untaught, uninstructed, unenlightened, uninformed, uncultivated. See ignorant. * * * …
116unlettered — /un let euhrd/, adj. 1. not educated; uneducated; untutored; ignorant. 2. not literate; illiterate. 3. not marked with letters, as a tombstone. [1300 50; ME; see UN 1, LETTERED] Syn. 1. See ignorant. * * * …
117unwashed — /un wosht , wawsht /, adj. 1. not cleaned or purified by or as if by washing: unwashed dishes; the unwashed soul of a sinner. 2. pertaining to or characteristic of the common people; untutored, unsophisticated, or ignorant; plebeian: the power of …
118Cooper, James Fenimore — born Sept. 15, 1789, Burlington, N.J., U.S. died Sept. 14, 1851, Cooperstown, N.Y. The first major U.S. novelist. Cooper grew up in a prosperous family in the settlement of Cooperstown, founded by his father. The Spy (1821), set during the… …
119Franklin, Benjamin — born Jan. 17, 1706, Boston, Mass. died April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. American statesman, scientist, philosopher, and publisher. He was apprenticed at age 12 to his brother, a local printer. He taught himself to write effectively, and in …
120Twain, Mark — orig. Samuel Langhorne Clemens born Nov. 30, 1835, Florida, Mo., U.S. died April 21, 1910, Redding, Conn. U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer. He grew up in Hannibal, Mo., on the Mississippi River. At age 13 he was apprenticed to a local printer …
