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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 09-Mar-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         09-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pungent  [  PUHN-juh' nt  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. having an irritating or acrid sensation 2. sharp, caustic or penetrating   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pungent smell made every one ill.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   With punch, as well as good timing, his new book, "Palace Council", takes on American politics at its most pungent and most powerful. The Economist, Stephen Carter's "Palace Council", Jun 19th 2008   extant  [  EK-stuh' nt, ik-STANT  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. in existence or not destroyed 2. conspicuous, protruding or standing out   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was horrified to find out that the files were still extant when he had ordered them to

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 09-Mar-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.         09-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Signals that consistently precede food intake can become conditional stimuli for a set of bodily responses that prepares the body for food and digestion. These reflexive responses include the secretion of digestive juices into the stomach and the secretion of certain hormones into the blood stream, and they induce a state of hunger (Psychology 104). An example of conditional hunger is the "appetizer effect." Any signal that consistently precedes a meal, such as a clock indicating that it is dinnertime, can cause us to feel hungrier than before the signal. The lateral hypothalamus (LH) is involved in the initiation of eating. The nigrostriatal pathway, which includes the substantia nigra, the lateral hypothalamus, and

TestFunda Weekly Newsletter 8th Mar 2012

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          08-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Student speak Excellent work and a savior for all the aspirants - Thank you TestFunda for such high level of dedication to help the aspirants in this competitive race.Keep up the good work!! Dhanya Arun, Chennai TestFunda Spotlight •  TestFunda HOLI Dhamaka! •  Final Lap to MHCE