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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 25-Oct-11

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         25-Oct-11 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists desultory  [  DES-uh' l-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   haphazard, erratic or irregular   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The desultory conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan has caused a major humanitarian crisis in the region.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Although there were only ever a few hundred active Tuareg fighters, this desultory yet brutal conflict pinned the Malian army down over vast swathes of northern Mali, and saw 160,000 Tuareg fleeing into neighbouring countries. Telegraph, Rock and roll's real outlaws, 26/02/2004   altruism  [  AL-troo-iz-uh' m  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   unselfish regard or devotion to the welfare of others; selflessness.   USAGE EXAMPLE

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 25-Oct-11

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Question of the Day and Tip of the Day on the Web.         25-Oct-11 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Paradoxically, Dexter likes children, finding them to be much more interesting than their parents. This affinity causes Dexter to be particularly wrathful when his victims prey on children. His connection to Rita's children, Astor and Cody, sometimes supersedes his relationship with Rita. For example, in the novels, Dexter continues his relationship with Rita because he realizes that Rita's children are exhibiting the same signs of sociopathy he did at their age, and tries to control it by providing them with "guidance" (similar to that which Harry provided him). On the show, Dexter deviates from his code of only killing murderers in order to dispose of a pedophile who is stalking Astor. Which of the f