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draft (DRAFT) n. 1. a drawing or pulling of a vehicle or load; 2. a taking of liq-
uid into the mouth; drinking; 3. a rough or preliminary sketch of an artwork or a
piece of writing; 4. an air current in a room; 5. the choosing of an individual for
some specific purpose —vt. to do any of the above —adj. used for any of the above
• Clydesdale horses are used for draft, not for riding.
• Nora took a draft from her glass of root beer.
• Shakespeare wrote drafts of all his plays, over and over.
• Do you feel a draft in here?
• George answered his party’s draft to run for office.
[-ed, -ing; draught, British spelling]
drub (DRUHB) vt. 1. to beat, as with a stick or club; thrash; 2. to defeat soundly
in a fight, contest, etc.
• The tried-and-true way of cleaning a rug in the nineteenth century was to
hang it over a rope and drub it with all your might.
• The Mets were given an eight-to-one drubbing by the Braves.
[-bed, -bing] [Syn. thrash]
duplicity (doo PLIS i tee) n. double-dealing; hypocritical cunning or deception
• The Greek army was able to take Troy by the duplicity of hiding soldiers in
the statue of a horse.
• Most dictators stay in power through duplicity, making their people believe
they’re doing other than they are.
[duplicitous adj., duplicitously adv.]
dwelling (DWEL ing) n. residence; house; abode
• Some Native Americans lived in cliff dwellings.
• Many southwestern dwellings are made of adobe—a kind of clay readily
available there.

QUICK REVIEW #30

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.
1. divisive a. beat

2. divulge b. drink
3. domestic c. abode
4. dominance d. deception
5. dominant e. homegrown
6. donation f. gift
7. draft g. separating
8. drub h. authority

9. duplicity i. controlling
10. dwelling j. reveal