TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 25-Dec-13
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 25-Dec-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists imbibe [ im-BAHYB ] [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr. v.) to drink or consume as if by drinking 2. (tr. v.) to absorb or soak or receive in the mind 3. (intr. v.) to drink 4. (intr. v.) to absorb USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : She felt tipsy after having imbibed a few glasses of wine at the party. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : The shrews have such an appetite for alcohol that each night they imbibe, weight for weight, the equivalent of a human drinking nine glasses of wine. BBC, What the papers say, 29 July 2008. El Dorado [ el duh'-RAH-doh, -REY- or ] [ noun ...