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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 23-Jan-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         23-Jan-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists invective  [  in-VEK-tiv  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a derogatory remark or insult, criticism or denunciation 2. (adj.) abusive, insulting or denunciatory   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The Taliban's invective against India will only succeed in the Hindu hardliners in the Indian political set up being voted to power.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Yahoo! was throwing invectives right back, mocking Mr Icahn's ignorance in matters technical. Economist, Icahn't, Jul 24th 2008, SAN FRANCISCO   artifice  [  AHR-tuh-fis  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. wile, stratagem, or a sly trick 2. trickery, cunningness or craftiness 3. ingenuity, skill or inventiveness   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 23-Jan-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.         23-Jan-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day He profited by using the labour of native slaves for agriculture and to mine gold. He attempted to sell native people as slaves in Spain, bringing five hundred people back. The TaĆ­nos began to resist the Spanish, refusing to plant and abandoning captured native villages. Over time the rebellion grew violent. In the resulting conflict, the native inhabitants used their extensive knowledge of the terrain and applied guerilla tactics such as booby traps, ambushes, attrition, and forced marches to tire the Spanish columns. Although stone arrows couldn't penetrate the best of the Spanish armor, they were somewhat effective if they were used as shrapnel, since they tended to shatter on impact; stone and copper or bronze maces