Mathematical Definitions — Precalculus



Definitions play an important role in mathematics.
Determine the answer to each of the definitions below
(the blanks indicate the number of letters in the word):

1. To be nasty or malicious: _ _ _ _

2. A great tract of land where cattle graze: _ _ _ _ _

3. What do you call it when a toilet is flushed in an airplane? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. African Drum Music: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5. A smart timepiece: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6. Mary Lou asked her aunt who was engaged in needlework, " _ _ _ _ ?"

7. What the student said after seeing a bunch of laughing people:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8. A double-decker billboard: _ _ _ _ _ _

9. Latin American dances: _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10. A delicious dessert: _ _

11. A program of light beams: _ _ _ _ _

12. Tom told his friend, "That new girl in school is really _ _ _ _ _ girl."

13. Cliff Handsome, sheriff of Big Bad Bluff, was on the trail of Blast-them-in-the-back-Betty, notorious girl outlaw.   Taking Rover, the bloodhound, by the collar, he whispered quickly,
" _ _ _ _ _ _ ."

14. What you call two handbell ringers: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _



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