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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 02-Feb-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         02-Feb-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists jaded  [  JEY-did  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   wearied, bored, dulled or fatigued   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The educated urban youth in Mumbai is so jaded that they find even rave parties unexciting.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Variously described as jaded and lacking belief in their futures—"a burned generation," as Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi put it—they are increasingly leaving for Europe and elsewhere. National Geographic, Iran Archaeology   atelier  [  AT-l-yey, at-l-YEY; Fr. Atuh*-LYEY  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   a workshop, workroom or studio esp. one that is used by a designer or artist   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   An atelier should be well lit with natural light.   USAGE EXA

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 02-Feb-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.         02-Feb-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Men and members of the 2nd and 3rd class on board the Titanic were less likely to survive. Of the male passengers in second class, 92 percent perished. Less than a quarter of third-class passengers survived. All but one of the children in first and second class survived, whereas less than half were saved in third class. 97 percent of the women in first class survived, 86 percent of the women survived in second class and less than half survived in third class. Of men on board, 33 percent of the first class were saved, while only 8 percent of the second class and 16 percent of the third class were saved. Overall, only 20 percent of the men survived, compared to nearly 75 percent of the women. Men in first class were four time