Going Greek Alphabet
Course Syllables
Triple Rhyme Time
National Parks
Add/Drop
200
The closest red giant star to Earth is this Crucis, the third-brightest star in the Southern Cross
Gamma Crucis
200
1 syllable:
In the languages department, this one also called Nederlands
Dutch
200
The tertiary parrot that you listened to
third bird heard
200
Idaho shares this national park with 2 other states
Yellowstone
200
Add a letter to the smallest pig in a litter to get the sound it might make
grunt & runt
400
This sweet 16th letter is also truly a transcendental number
pi
400
4 syllables:
This course on the art & technique of building & design
architecture
400
Extreme happiness at the home of the Slurpee
7-Eleven heaven
400
A 1,600 square mile national park in Montana & one three times bigger in Alaska both have this feature in their names
glacier
400
Add a letter to the end of a tiny speck & it becomes a roadside place to stay
mote & motel
600
These 3 letters symbolize a fraternity founded in 1998, one of the few that uses its third letter
ΑΙΟ
Alpha Iota Omicron
600
[DD]
3 syllables:
This type of small, in-depth class, with a name from Latin
seminar
600
To practice saying over & over again the magic hex that will affect a handbag
rehearse purse curse
600
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park includes 2 of the world's most active volcanoes, Mauna Loa & this one with a 1-word name
Kilauea
600
[DD]
Drop a letter from a word meaning uninvolved or indifferent to get an adjective meaning relating to a nerve
neutral & neural
800
It sounds like it should be the last letter, but it's 6th in the batting order
zeta
800
2 syllables:
This double-talk art history course on the style of Duchamp & Man Ray
Dada
800
A lazy, careless attempt to break into your PC files
slack hack attack
800
Located in Maine, it's alphabetically first of U.S. national parks & it's also the easternmost in the 50 states
Acadia
800
Drop a letter & go from being sorry that you missed a birthday to being thrilled that you didn't
belated & elated
1000
A 3-letter Greek letter late in the alphabet, it's also a protein that can build abnormally in the brain & lead to Alzheimer's
tau
1000
5 syllables:
This study of substances, reactions & physiological processes inside living things
biochemistry
1000
A horse liberated from Stockholm
freed Swede steed
1000
About 70 miles west of Key West, this Florida national park was named for the many sea turtles found there
Dry Tortugas
1000
Drop a letter from the unlawful act of inciting a revolt against the government to get a special issue of a newspaper
sedition & edition