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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 01-Mar-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         01-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pathos  [  PEY-thos, -thohs, -thaws  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. an emotion or sentiment of sorrow or sympathy 2. a quality that evokes sadness or pity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The air was rife with pathos as mourners started to arrive for the funeral.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   What is less surprising is to learn that a particularly deadly form of kamikaze aircraft, a piloted rocket that could reach speeds of 880kph, was given the name "Ohka" falling cherry blossom, a name whose poetic pathos and imagery of youthful sacrifice was lost on the US sailors at whom it was aimed. CNN, Land of warriors holds on to traditions, By Dan Hayes, September 3, 2008   ferment  [  n. FUR-ment; v. fer-MENT  ]   [  noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb  ]  

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 01-Mar-12

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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.         01-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day The Foras Feasa traced the history of Ireland from the creation of the world to the invasion of the Normans in the 12th century, based on the rich native historical and pseudohistorical traditions (including that of the Milesians), historical poetry, annals and ecclesiastical records. The Foras Feasa circulated in manuscript as Ireland's English administration would not give authority to have it printed because of its pro-Catholic arguments. Later in 1634 a political campaign for a general reform of anti-Catholic laws, known as the "Graces", was denied by the viceroy. Having old English ancestry, Keating's political view was that Ireland's nobility and natural leadership derived from the surviving Gaelic clan chiefs and Old English landed families who had re

TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 29-Feb-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         29-Feb-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists plethora  [  PLETH-er-uh'  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a very large amount, superfluity or overabundance 2. an abnormality which is characterized by excessive blood in the circulatory system or in some organ or area of it   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was an enigmatic man with a plethora of achievements.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Bedrooms, spread over two floors of a shuttered building, are compact, but well kept, air-conditioned, en-suite and jollied up by a plethora of paintings of traditional Spanish scenes. Telegraph, Madrid's best budget hotels, Fred Mawer, 23 Sep 2008   deducible  [  di-du-ci-ble  ]   [  transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. to infer from a general principle 2. t