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Vocabulary Mnemonics

From legerdemain to scrupulousness, from tatterdemalion to kempt, we have the memory tools to help you remember GRE vocabulary, Latin and Greek phrases, medical terms and more -- forever.

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18:00

Episode 65: Mercurial, yearling, zeitgeist, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/05/10

Welcome to today's episode -- hopefully it will help galvanize your week!This episode was actually recorded years ago by Matt and Mom but will be new to you. Same basic format, but see if you notice any differences in style. And see if you can figure out which word is a repeat. Enjoy!

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14:16

Episode 64: Guessing Game #1

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/05/03

We're trying something different!In today's episode we play a guessing game. Matt quizzes mom and five of her past words, and she does the same back. How do we do? Listen to find out. Whether you've listened to past episodes or not we think you'll have fun playing along. Enjoy!

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29:49

Episode 63: Alee, flotsam, felicitate, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/04/26

On this week's episode Matt and Mom take you on the virtual high seas.Matt's words all have to do with the nautical world -- alee, starboard, port, etc. Meanwhile, Mom goes meta. If you have some flotsam and jetsam to take care of, this episode will make great company. Enjoy!

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28:19

Episode 62: Gourmand, insipid, pareidolia, and more!

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2025/04/19

Matt and Mom are back to impart a modicum of their largesse in another exciting episode complete with mnemonics, gumshoe-level analysis, and more -- all free of insipid cliches and tired shibboleths. If you're a food lover, early riser, or one who sees objects in clouds, we have some words especially for you. Enjoy!

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26:30

Episode 61: Torpor, de rigueur, trenchant, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/04/12

More big news from Vocabulary Mnemonics. Last week Mom solved one of life's great mysteries by revealing what the grooved spot above your lip is called. This week Matt does the same thing with the smooth spot between your eyebrows. Yes, it has a name and you'll get it, and a clever way to remember it, in today's episode.Plus, they break down torpor, de rigueur, trenchant, precocious, and more. Enjoy!

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23:31

Episode 60: Potpourri, grex, cloying, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/04/05

Big news! Mom figured out what the curve above your lip is called! And she came up with a great mnemonic to boot.She breaks it down in today's episode. Plus, Matt and Mom dissect nine more words including potpourri, tautology, enjoin (which turns out to be another contranym, a la peruse), panoply, and more. Enjoy!

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26:12

Episode 59: Desultory, ostentatious, mentation, and...

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/03/29

Matt and Mom practiced extra mentation to prepare for this week's episode. How do you describe a long, desultory text? When does being kempt cross over and become ostentatious? Do you ever yen? And what in the world is an acumenate building? You'll get the answers to all these questions, and more, in today's episode. Enjoy!

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24:51

Episode 58: Ensorcell, polemic, diurnal, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/03/22

Welcome to another circumspect episode of the Vocabulary Mnemonics podcast. Matt and Mom link up to discuss diction, polemic, diurnal, and several more goodies. You know the feeling of sunlight on a winter day? There's a word for that. Have you ever read a poem that doesn't quite rhyme but is still pleasing to the ear? There's a word for that too. Prepare to be ensorcelled!

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24:39

Episode 57: Ameliorate, effete, dyspeptic, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/03/15

If you're feeling dyspeptic about your lack of intellectual stimuli, perhaps the best way to ameliorate the situation is with some vocabulary.After all, nothing boosts a fecund mind like creative mnemonics! On today's episode, Matt and Mom link up to discuss effete, noir, celerity, and more. Enjoy!

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22:34

Episode 56: Nonpareil, drupe, sartorial, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/03/08

Matt and Mom are back with another podcast episode nonpareil.They discuss sartorial, interpolate, jentacular, and more. One of mom's words, friable, has nothing to do with frying. It's what they call a "false cognate." Same with another of her words, drupe, which doesn't mean "to droop." Will this be confusing? Will you ever be able to remember the true definition? Tune in to find out... Enjoy!

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22:09

Episode 55: Eclat, comestible, taciturn, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/03/01

As year two of Vocabulary Mnemonics gets underway, Matt and Mom, your inveterate hosts, hope to make an eclat over the next 12 month. They break down ten words, including monomania, excogitate, saccharine, comestible, and more. If you're normally taciturn, be ready to be deputed to use your favorite word this week. Enjoy!

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23:56

Episode 54: Saturnalia, concatenate, opsimath, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/02/22

It's pure saturnalia here at Vocabulary Mnemonics. We just completed one year of podcasting, so we're celebrating the only way we know how... more vocab! Each word is concatenated in one way or another and will have you performing echolalia. It's been a fun year -- thanks for listening. Here's to many more!

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23:13

Episode 53: Execrable, ocher, besotted, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/02/15

Per usual, Matt and Mom sync up to delve into ten words and give non-somnolent mnemonics for each one.They try to avoid sesquipedalian definitions, execrable content, and performing their duties in a perfunctory way. Stay tuned for a particularly clever penultimate word. Enjoy!

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28:21

Episode 52: Aglet, accismus, ratiocination, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/02/08

If, like Matt, you've always wondered what the little plastic thing wrapped around the end of your shoelace is called...Or if you've ever said something like "I might just fade into Bolivian" (instead of "oblivion"), today's episode is for you. Matt and Mom sync up to discuss these words as well as ratiocination, insolent, extant, accismus, and several more. Enjoy!

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21:39

Episode 51: Ennui, litotes, chimera, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/02/01

This week Matt and Mom sync up and give mnemonics for picayune, dolorous, conch, and several more winners.Our hope is that you won't experience any ennui while listening, and that it won't be a dolorous experience. Is this nothing but a chimera? Listen to find out!

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22:46

Episode 50: Eidetic, dilettante, blandishment, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/01/25

If you don't have an eidetic memory, then today's episode is for you! Matt and Mom sync up to discuss blandishment, dilettante, malinger, obeisance, and more... We hope you'll be able to feel the bonhomie that flows through every mnemonic. Enjoy!

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24:49

Episode 49: Dudgeon, unclubbable, collywobbles, and...

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/01/18

On today's confabulation, Matt and Mom sync up to break down 10 new words including a fun way to say "bellyache," what you call someone who's not getting invited into the club, and more.Matt also introduces "folk etymology" and provides some examples. And as always, Mom dazzles all with the newly-named Colossal Compilation. If nothing else, you'll have a chance to improve your ken. Enjoy!

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22:27

Episode 48: Aegis, hijinks, gable

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/01/11

Matt and Mom link up to discuss a fun way to describe workplace shenanigans, what the "gable' is in The House of the Seven Gables, what to call it when someone gives unwanted advice during a card game, and more.At the end Mom leaves everything feeling good with an especially upbeat Big Sentence.

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24:43

Episode 47: Zaftig, defenestrate, argot, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/01/04

This week we cover zaftig, zeumba, and some non-z words like argot, defenestrate, sequelae, and more.Marilyn Monroe makes an appearance, as does the zoo, a Russian dancer named Svetlana, and a menacing rake. During Mom's Big Sentence she even manages to throw in a few old words for review purposes. Enjoy!

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24:07

Episode 46: New Year’s words like Tabula Rasa,...

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/12/28

Happy New Year! We hope you attack 2025 with panache, and to help you we're breaking down ten words related to the new year. Listen to get definitions and mnemonics for tabula rasa, eschaton, panache, Auld Lang Syne, some new words added to the dictionary in 2024, and more. Enjoy!

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