Vocabulary Mnemonics

Happy 100th episode! At ten words per episode, Matt and Mom have now broken down 1,000 words. Thanks to you and all your fellow listeners for coming along for the ride. Today, we have a special theme -- see if you can guess it. And stick around to the end for a big announcement. Enjoy!

Welcome to another "best of the best" episode. We've gone back through our recent episodes and pulled out our 10 favorite words and mnemonics. Looking to add a little zhuzh to your vocabulary? Looking for the correct way to talk about America's 250th birthday? You'll find the answers to these questions, and much more, in today's episode. Enjoy!

We hope everyone had a beatific Christmas... because beatific happens to be today's first word. In this episode, and every episode, Matt and Mom break down 10 unique vocabulary words and give you a clever mnemonic to help you remember each one. Words propounded include propound, avocation, prolix, revery, and more. Enjoy!

We're going back in time to some of our best words from episodes 51-75. If you're a long-time listener, it will be a fun review. If you're new to the show, they'll all be new to you. Win-win! What's a better way to say that you're feeling grumpy? What's likely to break out at NASA when they land a rover on Saturn? What's a more fun way to describe your morning coffee? Matt and Mom will answer all these burning questions, and more. Enjoy!

What do you call the covering the waiter removes to unveil a fine platter at a fancy restaurant? If you said "lid," then you need to listen to today's episode. As you'll discover, this episode is no mere epigone. Each word is the kind you can degust one by one by one. Matt and Mom cover froideur, titrate, the close-fitting hats women wore in the 1920s, and more. Enjoy!

Rather than work from a tabula rasa today, Matt and Mom are bringing back their favorite words from episodes 26-50. A fancy way to say "buyer beware"... The conclusion of a movie... What to call an ugly sweater at a Christmas party... You'll find the answers to all questions and more in today's episode. Enjoy!

We hope you're enjoying Thanksgiving weekend -- free of cheespairing and caviling relatives... And most importantly, free of embarrassing meldrops. In this episode Matt and Mom aim to cover all the words in your vocabulary desiderata. Enjoy!

We're feeling ebullient today... and we're changing things up a little. Rather than give new words, we're choosing some of our favorites from episodes 1-25, including surreptitious (which has mom's favorite mnemonic of all-time), alacrity, desiccate, and more. Enjoy!

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!

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!

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 excited!

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!

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 more... Enjoy!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!