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Main Entry:	swallow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	consume
Synonyms:	absorb, belt, bolt, devour, dispatch, dispose, down, drink, drop, eat, gobble, gulp, imbibe, ingest, inhale, put away, quaff, sip, swig, swill, take, toss, wolf, chugalug, ingurgitate, slurp, wash down
Antonyms:	expel, regurgitate, spit out

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Main Entry:	swallow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	believe without much thought
Synonyms:	accept, buy, fall for, be naive
Antonyms:	disbelieve, doubt

Main Entry:	brook
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	endure, accept
Synonyms:	abide, allow, bear, countenance, go, hear of, sit tight*, stand, stomach, suffer, support, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand, be big, hang in, hang in there, live with, put up with
Notes:	a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river

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Main Entry:	countenance
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	approve, support
Synonyms:	abet, accept, advocate, aid, applaud, back, bear with, champion, commend, condone, confirm, cope, encourage, endorse, favor, go for, handle, help, invite, okay, sanction, stand for, swallow, thumbs up, uphold, approbate, get behind, give green light, give stamp of approval, give the nod, go along with, grin and bear it, hold with, live with, nod at, put John Hancock on, put up with, sign off on, sit still for, smile on, stomach something
Antonyms:	deny, disagree, disapprove, discourage, fight, oppose, refuse

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Main Entry:	drink
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	beverage; alcoholic beverage
Synonyms:	alcohol, booze, brew, cup, draft, glass, gulp, libation, liquid, liquor, potable, potion, refreshment, shot, sip, slug, spirits, spot*, swallow, swig, taste, toast, potation, thirst quencher
Antonyms:	food

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Main Entry:	drink
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	take in liquid
Synonyms:	absorb, belt, booze, consume, dissipate, down, drain, gargle, gulp, guzzle, hit the bottle, imbibe, indulge, inhale, irrigate, lap, nip, put away, quaff, sip, slosh, sop, sponge, suck, swallow, swig, swill, thirst, tipple, toast, liquor up, partake of, slurp, soak up, sup, tank up, toss off, wash down, wet whistle

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Main Entry:	gobble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	eat hurriedly
Synonyms:	cram, devour, gorge, gulp, guzzle, scarf, stuff, swallow, wolf, ingurgitate, suck up
Antonyms:	nibble

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Main Entry:	gorge
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	eat voraciously
Synonyms:	bolt, cloy, cram, devour, feed, fill, glut, gobble, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, jam, overeat, pack, sate, satiate, stuff, surfeit, swallow, wolf*, blimp out, congest, eat like a horse, hoover, jade, make a pig of, overindulge
Antonyms:	abstain, diet, fast

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Main Entry:	gulp
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	eat, drink fast
Synonyms:	belt, consume, devour, dispatch, dispose, drop, gobble, guzzle, imbibe, inhale, pour, quaff, slop, slosh, stuff, swallow, swig, swill, take in, wolf, choke down, chugalug, englut, ingurgitate, scarf down, toss off, wolf down
Antonyms:	nibble

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Main Entry:	hang tough
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	endure
Synonyms:	bear, brave, face, go through, keep up, stand, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, take it, weather, withstand, be patient with, bear the brunt, cope with, grin and bear it, gut it out, hang in, hang in there, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, put up with, ride out, sit through, stick in there, stick it out, tough it out

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Main Entry:	imbibe
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	drink, often heavily
Synonyms:	absorb, assimilate, belt, consume, down, gorge, guzzle, ingest, irrigate, partake, put away, quaff, sip, swallow, swig, swill, toss, ingurgitate, raise a few
Antonyms:	abstain

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Main Entry:	lump
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	tolerate, withstand
Synonyms:	abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, stand, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, put up with
Antonyms:	change, fight, stand up

Main Entry:	mumble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	say low and inarticulately
Synonyms:	grumble, maunder, murmur, mutter, ramble, rumble, speak, stammer, stutter, swallow, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whimper, whine, whisper, say to oneself
Antonyms:	speak clearly

Main Entry:	mutter
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	grumble, mumble
Synonyms:	complain, croak, groan, grouch*, grouse, growl, grunt, moan, muddle, murmur, rumble, snarl, sputter, swallow, whisper
Antonyms:	speak clearly

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Main Entry:	quaff
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	drink down
Synonyms:	down, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, partake, sip, swallow, swig, swill, toss, ingurgitate, sup
Antonyms:	eject

Main Entry:	repress
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	keep back, hold in
Synonyms:	black out, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool, cork, crush, curb, gridlock, hinder, hold back, inhibit, kill, lock, master, muffle, overcome, overpower, quash, quell, rein, restrain, silence, smother, squelch, stifle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, swallow, tie up, jam up, keep in, keep in check, keep under wraps, quelch, shush, simmer down*, throw cold water on
Antonyms:	allow, permit, let go

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Main Entry:	sip
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	drink slowly
Synonyms:	extract, imbibe, partake, quaff, sample, savor, swallow, taste, toss, drink in, sup
Antonyms:	down, slurp

Main Entry:	stomach
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	endure, tolerate
Synonyms:	abide, bear, bear with, bite the bullet*, brook, digest, stand, suffer, swallow, sweat, take, tolerate, grin and bear it, live with, put up with, reconcile oneself, resign oneself, submit to
Antonyms:	refuse, reject

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Main Entry:	susceptible
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	exposed, naive
Synonyms:	affected, disposed, easy, fall for, given, gullible, impressed, impressible, impressionable, inclined, influenced, liable, mark, movable, obnoxious, open, out on a limb, persuadable, predisposed, prone, pushover, ready, receptive, responsive, sensible, sensitive, sentient, sitting duck, soft, subject, sucker, swallow, tender, touched, vulnerable, aroused, be taken in, easily moved, nonresistant, roused, sensile, stirred, suggestible, susceptive, swayed, tumble for, wide open
Antonyms:	resistant, resisting, unsusceptible

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