overweening ambition

  • 31self-esteem — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, amour propre, amour propre, arrogance, autism, autoeroticism, boastfulness, careerism, clear, complacency, conceit, consequentiality, ego trip, egoism, egotism, face, graspingness, greed, haughtiness,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 32vaulting — I vault•ing [[t]ˈvɔl tɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of constructing vaults 2) archit. the structure forming a vault 3) archit. such structures collectively • Etymology: 1505–15 II vault•ing [[t]ˈvɔl tɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) leaping up or over 2) used in vaulting …

    From formal English to slang

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