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, 
    "  _ _ _ _ _ _  ."