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

4. a particular society at a particular time and place

6. a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

8. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations

9. matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

11. literature in metrical form

2. a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

3. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

5. the humanistic study of language and literature

7. a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

10. the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures

12. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree