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ENG COMP: Vocab 1-4
Vocabulary List 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amnesty | n: literally, a forgetting, as in the granting of a general pardon for some offense |
| commemorate | v: to honor the memory of something or someone, as in a ceremony or celebration |
| memento | n: anything that serves as a reminder; an object that makes one remember; a souvenir |
| memento mori | n: any reminder of death, as a skull and crossbones on a bottle of poison |
| memoirs | n: autobiographical writings detailing events from one's past; personal accounts of remembered occurrences |
| memorabilia | n: a collection of things worth remembering, as from a specific time in the past |
| memorandum | n: a short note intended to jog the memory - often shortened to "memo" |
| mnemonics | n: any system or technique intended to improve or assist the memory; mnemonic, a: intended to improve the memory |
| moribund | a: near death, or deathlike; coming to an end; without the vitality of life |
| postmortem | n: a careful examination of something that has died; a, occurring after death |