Vocabulary Mnemonics

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...

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...

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!