SAT vocabulary
Assimilate
To absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture; to take in and understand fully.
Example
"Immigrants often struggle to assimilate into a new culture while retaining their heritage."
Etymology
From Latin assimilare 'to make similar,' from ad- 'to' + similis 'like.'
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