Olivia Menezes

A Quick Word

Education EN ↓ 99 episodes

We've all tried Duolingo but have we really mastered the English language? Join us as we spend 5 minutes chatting about a new word each day Monday through Friday, and help you relate it to real-life use cases. Come have a laugh and learn some new vocab in a sustainable, realistic way...Daily vocab, vocab fun, new words daily, SAT words, daily vocabulary.

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Olivia Menezes

Episodes

Episode 74: Fake news, BC 11.06.2025 7:12

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Apocrypha noun. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of Scripture. 2: writings or reports not considered genuine.

Episode 73: Love realizing I've been wrong my entire life 10.06.2025 6:52

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Concerted noun. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ jointly arranged, planned, or carried out; coordinated. 2: (of music) arranged in several parts of equal importance.

Episode 72: Wait for the punchline 09.06.2025 6:05

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Paraprosdokian noun. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ a sentence or expression in which the second part provides an unexpected resolution or contrast to the first part.

Episode 71: Comparing our friends to circus animals 05.06.2025 6:46

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Menagerie noun. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition. 2: a strange or diverse collection of people or things.

Episode 70: Just disgusting and awful 04.06.2025 6:22

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Offal noun. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ the entrails and internal organs of an animal used as food. 2 : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ refuse or waste material. 3: decomposing animal flesh .

Episode 69: About to pop off 03.06.2025 6:13

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Nascent adjective. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.

Episode 68: Let's get absolutely filthy with it 02.06.2025 5:44

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Lascivious adjective. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (of a person, manner, or gesture ) feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire.

Episode 67: Rip Van Winkle is my spirit animal 29.05.2025 6:07

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Yore noun. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ time past and especially long past —usually used in the phrase " of yore"

Episode 66: Deepfakes are coming for us all 28.05.2025 6:21

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Simulacrum noun. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ image , representation of someone or something

Episode 65: Cheese and antiques is an epic pairing imo 27.05.2025 6:11

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Kitschy adjective. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (of art, objects, or design) considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality , but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.

Episode 64: Take your collared shirt and shove it 26.05.2025 6:45

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Larrikin noun. 1 : Australian, New Zealand: a boisterous , often badly behaved young man. 2 : Australian: a person with apparent disregard for convention; a maverick .

Episode 63: Make it go away 22.05.2025 5:25

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Abrogate verb. 1 : repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).

Episode 62: She say she on a diet, girl, you better not lose that a**, though 21.05.2025 6:40

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Svelte adj. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (of a person) slender and elegant.

Episode 61: Give it to me sneaky-like 20.05.2025 6:05

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Foist verb. 1 a: to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant b: to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit

Episode 60: A symptom of my caffeine addiction 19.05.2025 6:45

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Frenetic adjective. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.

Episode 59: Can't look at potatoes the same way 15.05.2025 7:54

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Perennation noun. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ the ability of a plant to survive from one germinating season to the next, especially through unfavorable conditions like winter or drought.

Episode 58: Nothing like the hicks of Southeastern mass 14.05.2025 6:00

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Yokel noun. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ an uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside .

Episode 57: Never mastered anything in my life 13.05.2025 6:09

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Dilettante noun. 1. : ⁠⁠⁠ a person who ⁠cultivates⁠ an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.

Episode 56: Losing our sh*t after a hiatus 12.05.2025 7:09

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Apoplectic adjective. 1. : ⁠ overcome with anger; extremely indignant .

Episode 55: Is this word not tattooed on your arm? 26.06.2024 5:45

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Antipode / ˈan-tə-ˌpōd / noun. 1: the parts of the earth diametrically opposite —usually used in plural —often used of Australia and New Zealand as contrasted to the western hemisphere 2: the exact opposite or contrary

Episode 54: Here comes the tax man 25.06.2024 5:52

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Levy /ˈlevē/ 1. : ⁠ verb. impose (a tax, fee, or fine).

Episode 53: But the sin is just a widdle babyyy 24.06.2024 7:30

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Pecadillo /ˌpekəˈdilō/ noun. 1. : a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin.

Episode 52: I predict more fantasy talk 21.06.2024 7:13

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Scrying noun. 1. : CRYSTAL GAZING , DIVINATION

Episode 51: Where are all the stylish men? 20.06.2024 8:13

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Foppish / ⁠ ˈfä-pish / adjective. 1. : extremely interested in your appearance and wearing decorative clothes

Episode 50: Begging is only effective in a British accent 19.06.2024 5:38

WORD OF THE DAY LISTED BELOW: Warning **Spoiler** . . . . . . . . Pittance /pit·tance ⁠ / noun. 1. : a small portion, amount, or allowance