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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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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!

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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

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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!

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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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24:10

Episode 45: Christmas words like Advent, bauble,...

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/12/21

It's Christmas week! With the big day nearly here, we're celebrating. We break down a few grinch-related words, the advent of Jesus, and even a few phobias that may trigger this time of year. Enjoy!

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26:45

Episode 44: Profligate, stoat, gossamer, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/12/14

It's December! You know what that means: profligate spending, pithy Christmas cards, stoats changing colors...We cover all this and more in today's episode. Stay tuned to hear Mom put all ten of our words into the Big Sentence. Enjoy!

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22:42

Episode 43: Imprimatur, supercilious, come a cropper,...

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2024/12/07

Has life turned turtle? Did things come a cropper this week? Then this week's episode is sure to get your imprimatur. Stick around to the end for mom's particularly impressive Big Sentence. Enjoy!

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25:26

Episode 42: Dun, noblesse oblige, propitious

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/11/30

It may be a vacation week in America, but vocabulary doesn't take any days off. Thus, we feel it our noblesse oblige to provide a new episode.This week we cover propitious, dun, salient, arcane, and more! Enjoy!

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22:58

Episode 41: Thanksgiving words: cornucopia, pemmican,...

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/11/23

With Thanksgiving coming up, we're doing words associated with the holiday. When we say "associated with," we're using the term loosely, but each one does have at least some connection. The late, great William Bradford would be proud.We break down words like tricorn, cornucopia, bewigged, and more. Feel free to use them around the dinner table! Enjoy!

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Episode 40: Pule, bowdlerize, detritus, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/11/16

If you puled (or mewled) your way through the week, hopefully today's episode will leave you leaving you feeling happy and confident enough to solve even the most difficult Gordian Knot. We discuss epicurean, animus, cur, and more -- and provide mnemonics to help you remember each one. Enjoy!

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Episode 39: Quisling, logorrhea, obambulate, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/11/09

This week is unintentionally tongue-twister week.Funambulist, logorrhea, obambulate... try saying all those ten times fast. We break down each one, and more, and give you mnemonics to help you remember them, hopefully forever. Enjoy!

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Episode 38: Election words like kakistocracy,...

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/11/02

Welcome to the least-divisive, least-political election podcast episode available today. It's election week here in the U.S., so we're doing election-themed words. Some words, like precinct, may be more familiar. But we've also found some lesser-known gems, like kakistocracy and hustings. Enjoy!

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Episode 37: Shakespeare words like foison, inhearse,...

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/10/26

It's Shakespeare week! The Bard of Avon invented and popularized a wide range of words, some of which you're probably familiar with, others less so. In this week's episode we break down 10 and give mnemonics to help you remember them.Enjoy!

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Episode 36: Inure, plaudit, crepuscular, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/10/20

We hope to earn your plaudits with this week's episode. We cover a wide range of words, from crepuscular to inure to ignominious and more. Stay tuned to hear mom combine all the words together in The Big Sentence. Enjoy!

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Episode 35: Salubrious, obtuse, punctilious, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/10/12

If you suffer from word agoraphobia, this episode is for you. Once you hear the mnemonics for salubrious, punctilious, quixotic, coeval, and more, you'll never be left in a panic, wondering what to say. We also cover two words from previous episodes. We'll pretend we did it on purpose to help you review -- see if you can figure out which ones they are. Enjoy!

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Episode 34: Promulgate, taxonomy, surmount, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/10/05

This week we promulgate the truism that you CAN learn vocabulary words with the best of them. So long as you're not incorrigible, of course.Tune in to discover mnemonics for taxonomy, promulgate, whinge,venal, acumen, and more!

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Episode 33: Ineffable, dilatory, lithe, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2024/09/28

Today's episode is not ineffable. But it's not fatuous or Byzantine either. The hope is that it will get you one step closer to achieving eudaimonia. Enjoy!

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