Webster Essential Vocabulary

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 draftfrom her glass of root beer.


• Shakespeare wrote draftsof all his plays, over and over.


• Do you feel a draftin here?


• George answered his party’s draftto 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 drubit with all your might.


• The Mets were given an eight-to-one drubbingby 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 duplicityof 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 dwellingsare 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.

90 Essential Vocabulary

1. divisive


2. divulge


3. domestic


4. dominance


5. dominant


6. donation


7. draft


8. drub


9. duplicity


10. dwelling

a. beat

b. drink

c. abode

d. deception

e. homegrown

f. gift

g. separating

h. authority

i. controlling

j. reveal