Here is some stuff to wet your appetite:

Portato- (long bar across notes)- Half way between staccato and legato and translates to heavy emphasis on each note (think baby elephant playing the guitar).

Presto - Very fast
Vivace - Quite fast
Andante - Walking pace
Adagio - A little bit slow and gentle
Largo - Quite slow

Grave - Even slower than Largo (think Dirge, opposite to Scherzo)

Scherzo - a bit light hearted, rapid tempo (3/4) with unexpected bits can be a bit playful or sinister

(My wife was a music major.....thanks Catherine !!!)