imbibe
to absorb or assimilate ideas or knowledge, or to drink something, especially alcohol
Word origin: From Latin imbibere, to drink in, from in, in, plus bibere, to drink.
Imbibe in a sentence
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Students who imbibe a love of learning early tend to excel throughout their academic careers.
As a student abroad she imbibed the customs of her host country as readily as its language.
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Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.
Using “imbibe” well
Imbibe means to absorb or take in, used both literally for drinking and figuratively for absorbing ideas or knowledge. The figurative sense, taking in influences and beliefs, is the one the GRE tends to test.
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