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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 20-Nov-11

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         20-Nov-11 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists hermetic  [  hur-Met-ik  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. airtight, impervious or sealed by fusion 2. magical or esoteric 3. associated with or related to hermes trismegistus   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The new hermetic sealed packets keep the food fresh and hot.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's as though both the paper and the implements on show have been given life in the hermetic atmospheres of the display cases. BBC, Collective, A garden of delights   aggravate  [  AG-ruh'-veyt  ]   [  transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. to make matters worse or more troublesome 2. to rouse to anger or exasperation   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A thoughtless word or action aggravates a potentially volatile situa

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 20-Nov-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.         20-Nov-11 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Replace the underlined part of the sentence with an option that is grammatically and logically correct. When teachers use Socratic questioning in teaching, their purpose may be to probe students who think, to determine the extent of students in knowledge on a given topic, issue or subject, to model Socratic questioning for students, or to help students analyze a concept or line of reasoning. OPTIONS     1) to probe student thinking, to determine the extent of student knowledge on a given topic, issue or subject, to model Socratic questioning for students, or to help students analyzed a concept or line of reasoning.   2) to probe students who think, to determine the extent of student knowledge on a given topic, issue or