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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 13-Feb-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         13-Feb-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists inexorable  [  in-EK-ser-uh'-buh' l  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   unyielding, relentless or unmoved   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   China and India's inexorable rise as superpowers is being viewed with a strong sense of trepidation by many westerners.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Chinese officialdom and many ordinary citizens were furious: another petulant effort by Western foes to thwart China's inexorable rise. The Economist, China's dash for freedom, Jul 31st 2008   ex officio  [  EKS uh'-FISH-ee-oh  ]   [  adjective, adverb  ]   MEANING :   (both the adjective and adverb forms mean the same) by means or virtue of one's position or office   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   As ex offi

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 13-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.         13-Feb-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day How many numbers from the set A ≡ {11, 111, 1111, …, 111111…20 times} have an odd number of factors? OPTIONS     1) 4   2) 3   3) 7   4) 9   5) None of these discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day In a typical GD, if you don't have much data on the topic under discussion, don't panic. Listen to other participants' points and build up on them or paraphrase (with some additions) what they have already said. more tips Last year's Question of the day (12-Feb-11) With a global recession looming and high oil and food prices undermining the living standards of the Western middle class, it is becoming ever harder to sell the high-cost, inefficient Kyoto-style solution of drastic carbon