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Word of the Day : October 11, 2022
mnemonic \nih-MAH-nik\ adjective
What It Means
Mnemonic means “assisting or intended to assist memory” or “of or relating to a technique for improving one's memory.” It also has a broader sense meaning “of or relating to memory.”
// James taught his students the mnemonic sentence “King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti” to help them remember the levels of biological classification (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species).
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