ABBREV.
Vocabulary
It's a Crime!
"PEANUT", "BUTTER", "JELLY", "TIME"
Homophones
400

In ending a text message exchange, ld is "later," this generic guy

dude

400

Word for the result you get when you divide one number by another

quotient

400

Lying under oath

perjury

400

The sea nettle is one of these blobby creatures with stinging tentacles

jellyfish

400

An ache, or a piece of glass in a window

pain/pane

800

A.D. in dates stands for Anno Domini, which literally means this

The year of our lord

800

"Quixotic", meaning capricious or impulsive, goes back to a literary character created by this author

Cervantes


800

Illegally avoiding paying the government on state, federal or local levels

tax evasion

800

A schedule of events

timetable

800

Got up, or lines of seats

rose/rows

1200

In the army 2lt means this rank

second lieutenant

1200

Don’t confuse these 2 words--one’s a substance that counteracts a poison & the other, a short amusing story

antidote and anecdote

1200

2-word term for stealing & using someone's personal information to commit fraud

idenity theft

1200

In a table setting, it's placed on its own small plate above the forks

butter knife

1200

To give advice, or an assembly formed to reach conclusions

counsel/council

1600

Add 3.37 inches to a yd. to get the unit abbreviated by this letter

m

1600

From the Greek for "inscription", it's a short poem with a witty turn of thought

epigram

1600

A federal statute fighting this type of crime includes assault motivated by disability, gender identity & sexual orientation

hate crime

1600

This candy made of caramelized sugar & a legume is easily broken-- but that's the point!

peanut brittle

1600

A meteorological environment, or to go up a mountain

clime/climb

2000

In the medical term H&H, one "H" is hematocrit; the other is this blood protein

heamoglobin

2000

It's the correct name for a person who eats fish, but no other meat

pescetarian

2000

A word for taking over a plane led to this word for taking someone's automobile

carjacking

2000

Alliterative name for chunks of Styrofoam that spill all over the floor when unpacking a box you've received

packing peanuts

2000

A small bit of land surrounded by water, or a small hole for the passage of a shoelace

islet/eyelet