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Back to SearchEpisode 69: Abstruse, griffonage, bumptious, and more!
Welcome to today's episode -- hopefully you won't find it abstruse. Per usual, Matt and Mom skip the histrionics and cover a range of fun adjectives like bumptious, cheeky, and ornery as well as som…
Published on 7 months ago
Episode 68: Musit, extirpate, extraterritoriality, and more!
Welcome to another non-lackadaislical episode with Matt and Mom. This week Matt covers some biggies like extraterritoriality and indemnification, while mom nails some shorties -- like musit and rictu…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Episode 67: Umbra, cedilla, wunderkind, and more!
Welcome to today's razzmatazz-filled episode! Even if you're not a wunderkind, today you'll disentangle the meanings of cedillas, tildas, and umlauts. (Why stay in the umbra of confusion?) Instead, y…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Episode 66: Zarf, haboob, cromulent, and more!
Matt and Mom are back with another episode, and we hope it hits you like a haboob. Don't be abstemious. Have a seat, grab a zarf, and indulge. We think you'll find the mnemonics perfectly cromulent.…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 65: Mercurial, yearling, zeitgeist, and more!
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…
Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 64: Guessing Game #1
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…
Published on 8 months ago
Episode 63: Alee, flotsam, felicitate, and more!
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 fl…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Episode 62: Gourmand, insipid, pareidolia, and more!
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.…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 61: Torpor, de rigueur, trenchant, and more!
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 sm…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 60: Potpourri, grex, cloying, and more!
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 in…
Published on 9 months ago