In her memoir, the geologist recounted decades of fieldwork, vividly describing volcanic eruptions and the patience required to measure them.
在她的回忆录中，这位地质学家叙述了数十年的野外工作，生动描述了火山喷发以及测量它们所需的耐心。
The opening chapter of the memoir describes a cramped, chaotic family kitchen; that same kitchen reappears in the final chapter, now calm and spacious, after the author's family has moved into a larger home.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Essayist Dorian Achebe argues that memoir writers have an obligation to verify every factual detail of their past before publishing, since readers trust memoirs as accurate accounts.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Memoirist Solveig Bakke argues that memory itself is inherently reconstructive and imperfect, so demanding strict factual verification misunderstands what a memoir can honestly offer readers in the first place.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “memoir”?
D — Written record of one's memories. “memoir” means written record of one's memories.
Which word means “written record of one's memories”?
B — memoir. “memoir” means written record of one's memories.
memoir — written record of one's memories. In Chinese: 回忆录.
memoir is pronounced /ˈmemoɪr/.
In her memoir, the geologist recounted decades of fieldwork, vividly describing volcanic eruptions and the patience required to measure them. (在她的回忆录中，这位地质学家叙述了数十年的野外工作，生动描述了火山喷发以及测量它们所需的耐心。)
autobiography, recollection, chronicle — all close in meaning to memoir (written record of one's memories).
Yes. memoir is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
memory (memory) + oir (name).