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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 06-Feb-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         06-Feb-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists moribund  [  MAWR-uh'-buhnd, MOR-  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. in a near death condition 2. stagnant or inactive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The moribund civic administration was unable to cope with the humanitarian crisis arising from the unseasonal deluge.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   India's government is trying to kick some life back into its moribund privatisation programme, listing 13 state-owned firms that it hopes to sell off early next year. BBC, India hopes for speedier sell-offs, 28 September, 2001   disport  [  di-SPAWRT, -SPOHRT  ]   [  noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to display 2. (intr.v.) to divert oneself with some amusement 3. (n.) fro

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 06-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.         06-Feb-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Before the arrival of J. K. Rowling, Britain's bestselling author was comic fantasy writer Terry Pratchett. His Discworld books, beginning with The Colour of Magic in 1983, satirise and parody common fantasy literature conventions. Pratchett is repeatedly asked if he "got" his idea for his magic college, the Unseen University, from Harry Potter's Hogwarts, or if the young wizard Ponder Stibbons, who has dark hair and glasses, was inspired by Harry Potter. Both in fact predate Rowling's work by several years; Pratchett jokingly claims that yes he did steal them, though "I of course used a time machine." The BBC and other British news agencies have emphasised a supposed rivalry between Pratchet