to make someone remember something or feel an emotion
to evoke (That smell always evokes memories of my old school)
objects that are collected because they are connected with a person
memorabilia (That t-shirt is memorabilia)
to make certain that you remember something
to commit it to memory (He says he commits his poems to memory as he works on them.)
to forget things very easily
to have a memory like a sieve (I forgot your birthday – I've got a memory like a sieve!)
a written record of a usually famous person's own life and experiences
memoirs (She plans to write her memoirs)
to take something into your possession again, especially by force
to recapture (The army recaptured the town from the rebels.)
thinking now about something in the past
retrospect (In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning.)
something that helps you remember a person, place, or occasion
keepsake (Her aunt gave her a little wooden elephant as a keepsake.)
proudly refusing to obey authority
defiant (The protesters blocking the entrance to the offices remained defiant this morning.)
to discover something by chance, or to meet someone by chance
to stumble upon (Workmen stumbled upon the mosaic while digging foundations for a new building.)
to become involved with or support an activity or opinion
to espouse (Vegetarianism is one cause she does not espouse.)
to talk or write about past experiences that you remember with pleasure
to reminisce (My grandfather used to reminisce about his years in the navy.)
to find and bring back something
to retrieve (Important historic documents were retrieved from a dumpster last week)
always being careful to notice things, especially possible danger
vigilant (Following the bomb scare at the airport, the staff have been warned to be extra vigilant.)
to be forgotten
to slip someone's mind (It slipped my mind because of the tragedy that followed.)
the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened
hindsight (In hindsight, it would have been better to wait.)