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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         19-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists quiescent  [  kwee-ES-uh' nt, kwahy-  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. inactive, motionless or quiet 2. not showing symptoms or causing any trouble   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was a quiescent child who loved to daydream.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But the 662-mile-wide (1,066-kilometer-wide) moon hasn't always been quiescent. Billions of years ago tectonic forces produced an enormous rift similar to the East African Rift Valley on Earth, Nimmo said. National Geographic, Icy Moon Tethys Had Ancient Underground Ocean, Richard A. Lovett, March 24, 2008   facet  [  FAS-it  ]   [  noun, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a small, polished plane surface esp. of a cut gem 2. (n.) a phas

  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Question of the Day and Tip of the Day on the Web.         19-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day The upper shell of the turtle is called the carapace. The lower shell that encases the belly is called the plastron. The carapace and plastron are joined together on the turtle's sides by bony structures called bridges. The inner layer of a turtle's shell is made up of about 60 bones that include portions of the backbone and the ribs, meaning the turtle cannot crawl out of its shell. In most turtles, the outer layer of the shell is covered by horny scales called scutes that are part of its outer skin, or epidermis. Scutes are made up of a fibrous protein called keratin that also makes up the scales of other reptiles. These scutes overlap the seams between the shell bones and add strength to the shell. Some turtl