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!