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v. Syn. speed; hasten
move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected


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n. Syn. admittance; entrance; access
act or practice of admitting; power or permission to enter


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a.
able to live both on land and in water


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n. Syn. candidate
candidate


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n. Syn. ambition; longing
ambition; longing


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n. Syn. hypothesis; supposition
something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of


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n.
sports man; one who contended for prize in public games


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v. Syn. gain
achieve or accomplish; gain


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n. Syn. independence; liberty
independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination


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v. Syn. dispel
drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel


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