Ragtime Glossary

Ragtime Glossary

exploited

derive benefit from

recomposed

compose again

ideals

beliefs

propriety

conformity to conventionally accepted standards

capitalism

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

mystifying

to utterly bewilder or perplex

disheveled

untidy; disordered.

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