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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 92: Arcadian, apotheosis, sus, and more

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/11/15

Here at Vocabulary Mnemonics, we're always reaching for the apotheosis of the podcast world... Hence one of today's words is apotheosis. Matt and Mom also break down arcadian, apothecary, absquatulate, and some non-A words like expatriate, jargonaut, and even sus. Enjoy!

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23:14

Episode 91: Review game #3

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2025/11/08

It's time to play an 80s review game! Not the 1980s -- episodes 82-90.Matt and Mom read descriptions of past words and see if they can remember them. For example, Matt starts one description with: "If you ever hear someone yell this from above, run the other way. Especially if you're in Edinburgh." Feel free to play along at home!

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26:39

Episode 90: Stentorian, Specter, Intaglio, and more

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2025/11/01

Matt and Mom are coming to you today with their most stentorian voices.Words featured include specter, intaglio, mendacity, Jeremiad, and more. Plus, they crack the code on what to call America's 250 birthday and reveal what the upside down "e" in phonetic spelling is called. Programming note: next week will be a review game of the past 10 episodes (episodes 81-90), with Matt and Mom try to stump each other. Be ready to play along -- you can review the words beforehand or come in cold. Get

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25:00

Episode 89: Portentous, Esprit de Corps, Acquisitive,...

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2025/10/25

Today's episode has a portentous feel to it... because today's first word is portentous.Matt and Mom break down ten lesser-known vocabulary words including acquisitive, pallid, esprit de corps, shoal, kwashiorkor, and more, and give you a clever mnemonic to help you remember the meaning of each one. Watch out for Willy Wonka getting blown over by a big gust of wind. Enjoy!

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28:12

Episode 88: Redoubt, backronym, atavistic, and more…

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2025/10/18

Ready to get your adrenals pumping? You've come to the right place. In today's non-atavistic, fast-paced episode, Matt and Mom cover 10 interesting vocabulary words and answer life's big, burning questions, including: What do the FBI and SCUBA diving have do with each other? The answer has nothing to do with underwater espionage. Does the word "redoubt" involve doubting something twice? If you think the English language is missing a word, are you allowed to make one up? Get the answers and

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23:44

Episode 87: Brio, Shambolic, Errantry, and more

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2025/10/11

We hope you're full of brio this week and ready to sally forth into the exciting world of vocab. In today's episode Matt and Mom break down the difference between running errands and errantry, why it's critical to know if your doctor is prescribing or proscribing medicine, why you should run as fast as you can if you ever hear someone yell "gardyloo," and more... Enjoy!

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25:40

Episode 86: Pons asinorum, Solipsism, Turpitude, and...

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2025/10/04

If your podcasts are starting to sound like a monolith, you've come to the right place. This has to be the only podcast episode in the world with full breakdowns of gems like fartlek, turpitude, solipsism, pons asinorum, and more... All without interstitial ads. Enjoy!

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27:23

Episode 85: Maw, triptych, obelus, and more…

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2025/09/27

We hope this episode finds you in fine fettle!In today's potboiler of an episode, Matt and Mom delve into ten words, including maw, marginalia, obelus, salacious, triptych, and more. Let's hope things don't go pear-shaped. Enjoy!

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21:42

Episode 84: Bathetic, Veblen Good, Furcula, and more

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2025/09/20

When you come to a furcula in life, what do you do?What do you call something that gets more expensive as the price goes up? And most importantly, what do you call one of those heaps of stones used as landmark? Matt and Mom answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Plus, they give mnemonics for raconteur, comeuppance, peremptory, and more. Enjoy!

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25:47

Episode 83: Vermilion, mirth, expostulate, and more

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2025/09/13

Is today's episode filled with moments of divine afflatus? You'll have to be the judge. Matt and Mom break down ten words including expostulate, mirth, dogma, vermilion, and more, and give you mnemonics to help you remember each one. Stick around for a colossal compilation that proves brevity isn't always the soul of wit. Enjoy!

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28:49

Episode 82: insipient, zhuzh, simulacrum, and more

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2025/09/06

If you're looking to zhuzh up your vocabulary, you've come to the right place. In today's episode Matt and Mom delve into the inner workings of hydroponics, show their prescience, do a little prognosticating, and more... All with a little onomatopoeia. Enjoy!

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25:56

Episode 81: Review game #2

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/08/30

It's game week at Vocabulary Mnemonics.Matt and Mom take five words each from episodes 70-79 and quiz each other. Matt quizzes Mom on her words, and vice versa. Play along at home and see if you can guess the words before they do. Enjoy!

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23:27

Episode 80: Lagniappe, inimical, unctuous, and more

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2025/08/23

Welcome to the Vocabulary Mnemonics podcast.In today's episode, Matt and Mom discover a way to take the podcast to the next level: lagniappe. They go on to break down solarium, aqueous, rubric, inimical, and more. Entre nous, while the dialogue may feel a bit unctuous at times, it's all genuine. Enjoy!

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25:58

Episode 79: Holus Bolus, excursive, soothfast, and more

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2025/08/16

For those days when it feels like everything's coming at you Holus Bolus, there's the Vocabulary Mnemonics podcast.Today Matt and Mom break down excursive, soothfast, scrimshank, and more and give you helpful mnemonics to remember each one. Plus, they explain how proprioception could save humanity from a robotic takeover. Enjoy!

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25:34

Episode 78: Mot Juste, purloin, demotic, and more

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/08/09

Have you ever been searching for the mos juste... only to have it pop into your head too late?If so, then hie yourself to today's episode. Matt and Mom break down ten fun vocabulary words and give you a clever mnemonic to help you remember each one. Words featured include purloin, ambigram, demotic, and more. Enjoy!

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23:09

Episode 77: Kompromat, deign, merism, and more!

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/08/02

Today Matt and Mom are coming at you like a Quaker Gun.This episode features kompromat, deign, the Dilbert Principle, and more... All with witty badinage, and without a miasma of failure. We can't promise you'll become a salutatorian after listening, but you will be able to spot merisms. Enjoy!

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24:46

Episode 76: Neophyte, sublebrity, Quaker Gun, and more

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2025/07/26

In today's episode, Matt and Mom hope to rise to the level of their own incompetence. Which, as you'll discover, isn't such a bad thing.Get ready for a full breakdown of neophyte, asperity, lee, garrulous, and more. Who knows? If you start using these words effectively, you may just earn sublebrity status. Enjoy!

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21:26

Episode 75: Heuristic, Gelid, Billet doux, and more

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2025/07/19

Feeling addlepated in your quest to put together your first billet doux? Then today's divers words are for you!Matt and Mom discuss gelid, heuristic, folly, feral, and more. Enjoy!

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22:14

Episode 74: Vexillology, egress, Hanlon’s Razor, and...

Vocabulary Mnemonics ·

2025/07/12

Welcome to today's epithet-free episode. Matt and Mom wend their way through the fields of vexillology, discuss gustatory pleasures, and break down Hanlon's Razor and more, all while trying to not sound hoary. Enjoy!

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29:10

Episode 73: Elucubrate, trope, eclaircissement, and more

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2025/07/05

Happy 4th of July weekend!We didn't exactly elucubrate to bring you today's episode, but we didn't resort to silly tropes either. Words discussed today include fratricide, ormolu, Burke's Law, and more. It's possible you'll experience eclaircissement multiple times. Enjoy!

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