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Matt & Dr. Mom
Vocabulary Mnemonics
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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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88
18 October 2025
Episode 88: Redoubt, backronym, atavistic, and more…
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...
28 min
11 October 2025
Episode 87: Brio, Shambolic, Errantry, and more
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!
23 min
04 October 2025
Episode 86: Pons asinorum, Solipsism, Turpitude, and more
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!
25 min
27 September 2025
Episode 85: Maw, triptych, obelus, and more…
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!
27 min
20 September 2025
Episode 84: Bathetic, Veblen Good, Furcula, and more
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!
21 min
13 September 2025
Episode 83: Vermilion, mirth, expostulate, and more
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!
25 min
06 September 2025
Episode 82: insipient, zhuzh, simulacrum, and more
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!
28 min
30 August 2025
Episode 81: Review game #2
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!
25 min
23 August 2025
Episode 80: Lagniappe, inimical, unctuous, and more
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!
23 min
16 August 2025
Episode 79: Holus Bolus, excursive, soothfast, and more
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!
25 min