preposterous
Gothic, a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, asinine, balmy, baroque, barred, batty, beyond belief, bizarre, brain-born, closed-out, contrary to reason, crazy,
fop - arbiter of fashion, beau, blade, blood, buck, clotheshorse, coxcomb, dandy, deb, dude, exquisite, fashion plate, fashionable, fine gentleman, gallant,
competence - ability, absolute power, absolutism, address, adeptness, adequacy, adequate supply, adequateness, adroitness, appropriateness, artfulness, artistry, authority, bare minimum, bare sufficiency,
two-time - bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, circumvent, conjure, deceive, delude, diddle, double cross, dupe, forestall, gammon, get around,
lung fever - asthma, black lung, bronchitis, cold, croup, emphysema, flu, hay fever, influenza, laryngitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, quinsy, rheum, silicosis,
strolling player - Flying Dutchman, Thespian, Ulysses, actor, actress, antagonist, bad guy, barnstormer, bird of passage, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, dramatizer,
ablate - abate, abrade, absorb, assimilate, atomize, bark, bate, be eaten away, bleed white, break up, burn up, chafe, come apart, consume, consume away,
wrongdoer - bad person, criminal, crook, culprit, deceiver, delinquent, evil man, evil person, evildoer, felon, gangster, lawbreaker, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant,
right-about-face - about-face, about-turn, afterthoughts, back track, back trail, backing, backing off, backing out, backing up, backup, better thoughts, change of mind, do an about-face, flip, flip-flop,
make believe - act, act a part, affect, affected, apocryphal, apparition, artificial, assume, assumed, bastard, bluff, bogus, brainchild, bubble, charade,
pass comprehension - babble, baffle, gibber, perplex, riddle ,
competence - ability, absolute power, absolutism, address, adeptness, adequacy, adequate supply, adequateness, adroitness, appropriateness, artfulness, artistry, authority, bare minimum, bare sufficiency,
two-time - bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, circumvent, conjure, deceive, delude, diddle, double cross, dupe, forestall, gammon, get around,
lung fever - asthma, black lung, bronchitis, cold, croup, emphysema, flu, hay fever, influenza, laryngitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, quinsy, rheum, silicosis,
strolling player - Flying Dutchman, Thespian, Ulysses, actor, actress, antagonist, bad guy, barnstormer, bird of passage, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, dramatizer,
ablate - abate, abrade, absorb, assimilate, atomize, bark, bate, be eaten away, bleed white, break up, burn up, chafe, come apart, consume, consume away,
wrongdoer - bad person, criminal, crook, culprit, deceiver, delinquent, evil man, evil person, evildoer, felon, gangster, lawbreaker, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant,
right-about-face - about-face, about-turn, afterthoughts, back track, back trail, backing, backing off, backing out, backing up, backup, better thoughts, change of mind, do an about-face, flip, flip-flop,
make believe - act, act a part, affect, affected, apocryphal, apparition, artificial, assume, assumed, bastard, bluff, bogus, brainchild, bubble, charade,
pass comprehension - babble, baffle, gibber, perplex, riddle ,