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What do the words containing the root -mem- in the following sentences mean?
Do you remember the phone number for the bank?
He has a great memory; he remembers conversations from years ago.
The Vietnam Memorial is a dramatic tribute.
Do you have a copy of yesterday's memorandum on the new procedures for locking up?
My uncle has a collection of memorabilia from World War II.
We commemorate Lincoln's birthday in February.
Susan has memorized a Longfellow poem for the recital.
Do you think the President will write his memoirs?
The Latin word memor means "mindful." The Latin word memorandum means "a thing to be remembered." The root that you see in the examples in the preceding sentences is -mem-. Some of these wordsremember, memory, memorize, and memorialare probably familiar ones. To commemorate is to celebrate the memory of an event; memorabilia are things worthy of remembrance; memoirs are personal rememberings or records.
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