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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 28-Feb-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         28-Feb-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists plebeian  [  pli-BEE-uh' n  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) pertaining to or of common people (especially in Rome) 2. (adj.) vulgar or coarse 3. (n.) one belonging to the lower class or common people especially in ancient Rome 4. (n.) one who is coarse or vulgar   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His plebeian manners elicited scorn.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In the two final tables, the provision was added to forbid intermarriage between patricians and plebeians. Chronicles magzine, Uncle Sam's Harem II, by Thomas Fleming   exigency  [  Ek-si-juh' n-see, ig-Zij-uh' n-  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. urgency or an exigent state, condition or quality 2. a need or requi

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 28-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.         28-Feb-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day The Ulster Cycle contains many references to Samhain. In the Tochmarc Emire , Samhain is the first of the four "quarter days" of the year mentioned by the heroine Emer. Many of the adventures and campaigns undertaken by the characters therein begin at the Samhain Night feast. One such tale is Echtra Nerai ('The Adventure of Nera') concerning one Nera from Connacht who undergoes a test of bravery put forth by King Ailill. The prize is the king's own gold-hilted sword. The terms hold that a man must leave the warmth and safety of the hall and pass through the night to a gallows where two prisoners had been hanged the day before, tie a twig around one man's ankle, and return. Others had been t