| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |