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::: modish - fashionable; conforming to the current fashion
::: foliage - masses of leaves; CF. defoliate
::: parched - extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat)
::: indissoluble - permanent; impossible to dissolve or disintegrate
::: premeditate - plan in advance; Ex. premeditated murder
::: specious - seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
::: ornate - excessively or elaborately decorated
::: ominous - threatening; of an evil omen
::: flail - beat with or as if with a flail; move wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; N: threshing tool consisting of a stick swinging from the end of a long handle
::: waver - move or swing back and forth; be uncertain or unsteady in decision or movement; Ex. wavering between accepting and refusing