1
overweening
1
pirate(virtual, quasi)
1
preposterous
1
presuming
1
presumptuous
1
purported
1
self-elect
1
unbecoming
1
unfit
1
unmeet
1
unseemly
1
wannabe(noun, adjective, hopeful, wishful, ambitious)
0
acquisitive(adjective, hopeful, aspiring)
0
apparently(virtual, pseudo)
0
artificial(virtual, quasi)
0
as it were(expression, idiom, virtual, pseudo, quasi)
0
ball of fire
0
bent upon
0
bogus(virtual, quasi)
0
bumptious
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