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While attempting to take a photograph, Miguel inadvertently [#permalink] New post   10 Jul 2019, 05:06
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While attempting to take a photograph, Miguel inadvertently stumbled forward and became partially submerged in the pond, causing him to _________ a significant quantity of dirty water.


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absorb
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Re: While attempting to take a photograph, Miguel inadvertently [#permalink] New post   22 Jul 2019, 11:28
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When you submerge in the pond, what will you do? You will intake some water. So the perfect synonyms are imbibe and ingest.
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Re: While attempting to take a photograph, Miguel inadvertently [#permalink] New post   10 Aug 2019, 22:34
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Re: While attempting to take a photograph, Miguel inadvertently [#permalink] New post   23 Aug 2019, 00:09
janani11 wrote:
When you submerge in the pond, what will you do? You will intake some water. So the perfect synonyms are imbibe and ingest.


hello, I have a question.
Why ingest and absorb are wrong ?
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Re: While attempting to take a photograph, Miguel inadvertently [#permalink] New post   23 Aug 2019, 00:21
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You are not a sponge. You do not absorb water, you ingest, swallow through your mouth the water.

Absorb has no sense.

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Re: While attempting to take a photograph, Miguel inadvertently [#permalink] New post   16 Sep 2019, 11:18
Imbibe and Ingest
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Re: While attempting to take a photograph, Miguel inadvertently [#permalink] New post   02 Nov 2019, 05:13
imbibe and ingest.
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Re: While attempting to take a photograph, Miguel inadvertently [#permalink] New post   05 Nov 2019, 10:52
janani11 wrote:
When you submerge in the pond, what will you do? You will intake some water. So the perfect synonyms are imbibe and ingest.


Why not absorb?
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