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:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _