HOP ON THE HOMOPHONE
Psychology
4-LETTER ADJECTIVES
"MIS"INFORMATION
MYTHOLOGY
200
To stop your car & to fracture, hopefully while not stopping your car too fast
Brake/Break
200
It's a group of related, often unconscious ideas or impulses that affect a person's actions, like the Oedipus one
Complex
200
Uncommon, or steak with a cool red center
Rare
200
At Christmas couples may steal a kiss beneath a sprig of this
Mistletoe
200
Funny story... Thor used Mjollnir, this type of weapon, to slaughter a giant named Thrym, who had stolen it; well, maybe funny to Thor
Hammer
200
Wheat finely ground into a powder & a peony or petunia
Flour/Flower
200
Around 1880 Dr. Charles Lasegue described this impulse control disorder involving theft as typical of housewives
Kleptomania
200
Uh-oh, someone left the door this way, partly open
Ajar
200
It means to hire an actor for a role that doesn't suit them
Miscast
200
The son of Mercury & Venus, this li'l love god ended up falling for & marrying Psyche
Cupid
300
Granola or Count Chocula & a story published in sections in consecutive issues of a magazine
Cereal/Serial
300
You may have run into people with this personality disorder named for a self-involved youth who loved his own reflection
narcissism (or narcissistic personality disorder)
300
Meaning super luxurious or stylish, it was also Victoria Beckham's Spice Girl name
Posh
300
In court if a jury can't come to a unanimous decision, the judge may declare this
Mistrial
300
From Greek for "the unseen", he ruled way downtown & had a 3-headed doggie named Cerberus who ate anyone that tried to leave
Hades
400
Somewhat average or about adequate & the price an airline charges for a ticket
Fair/Fare
400
The American Psychological Assoc. defines these 2 personality types as "inward & self-directed" & "outward & social-directed"
introvert & extrovert
400
This adjective invoking morning moisture is applied to skin that looks hydrated, glowing & smooth
Dewy
400
A Broadway musical based on the music of Fats Waller is called "Ain't" this
Misbehavin'
400
Prometheus had the bright idea to steal this from the gods & give it to man; the gods had Pro's liver eaten by an eagle on the reg
Fire
500
To enhance an outfit by adding something nice &
the expression of admiration you receive after you do that
Complement/Compliment
500
These 2 psychology superstars & one-time collaborators are seen here at Clark University in 1909 before they quarreled
Freud and Jung
500
File under "Z"--this word means comical or just plain ludicrous
Zany
500
It's a 7-letter word for an often long, handwritten letter
Missive
500
Competing with Athena to create the most useful gift for man, this god of the sea hit a stone with his trident & created the horse
Poseidon