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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 31-Jan-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         31-Jan-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists overweening  [  OH-ver-WEE-ning  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. brash, arrogant or conceited excessive or overbearing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His brash, overweening manner was repugnant to all.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Despite its overweening ambition to re-write the rule book governing how multi-part TV crime yarns unfold, Mobile's first episode succeeded in being as attention-grabbing as it was implausible; as entertainingly complex as it was, from time to time, annoyingly daft. The Herald, Mixed-up messages on the mobey, DAVID BELCHER, March 26 2007   apparition  [  ap-uh'-RISH-uh' n  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a spectre, wraith, phantom or

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 31-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.         31-Jan-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day A number of commentators have drawn attention to the Biblical themes and references. In an August 2007 issue of Newsweek, Lisa Miller commented that Harry dies and then comes back to life to save humankind, like Christ. She points out the title of the chapter in which this occurs—"King's Cross"—a possible allusion to Christ's cross. Also, she outlines the scene in which Harry is temporarily dead, pointing out that it places Harry in a very heaven-like setting where he talks to a father figure "whose supernatural powers are accompanied by a profound message of love." Jeffrey Weiss adds, in the Dallas Morning News, that the biblical quotation "And the last enemy that shall be destroyed is deat