1. a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

2. using speech rather than writing

3. (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes

4. a deliberately false or improbable account

7. the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects

8. matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

9. the humanistic study of language and literature

5. a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

6. studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

9. appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing

10. physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

11. the science that studies living organisms