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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 26-Mar-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         26-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists prodigious  [  pruh'-DIJ-uh' s  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. wonderful, amazing or marvellous 2. monstrous or huge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The steam engine was considered to be a prodigious invention.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Lessing's prodigious writing skills are all the more impressive since they are largely self-taught. CNN, Doris Lessing: Born into stories, By Fei Phoon and Mairi Mackay, August 11, 2008   coruscate  [  KAWR-uh'-skeyt, KOR-  ]   [  intransitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. to glitter, sparkle, shimmer or emit light in flashes 2. to have showy or sparkling style or virtuosity   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The jewellery was polished till it coruscated.   USAGE EXA

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 26-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.         26-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of a circular playground. Tom and Jerry simultaneously start running at constant, but not necessarily equal speeds, from points A and B towards points C and D respectively. Tom and Jerry run along the chords AC and BD respectively and meet at a certain point. If Tom were to run towards D and Jerry towards C from their respective starting points, then OPTIONS     1) Both would reach their destinations at the same time.   2) Tom would reach his destination earlier than Jerry.   3) Jerry would reach his destination earlier than Tom.   4) The faster one would reach his destination first.   5) The slower one would reach his destination first. discuss | yesterday's solution

TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 25-Mar-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         25-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists precept  [  PREE-sept  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a commandment or order issued with the intention of prescribing conduct 2. a warrant or directive   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The precept was to be obeyed at all costs.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He said he aimed to freeze the precept - the sum paid yearly to the GLA by London households - in 2009 because of the "serious financial squeeze". BBC, Job cuts to save City Hall funds, 10 September 2008   escapade  [  ES-kuh'-peyd, es-kuh'-PEYD  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a wild prank or rash adventure 2. an escape from captivity, confinement, control or restraint   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His escapades were well known across the len