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Would-be

Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.

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Ambitious 84% connected

Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ambitious 84% connected

Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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