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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 31-Mar-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         31-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists retrench  [  ri-TRENCH  ]   [  transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to reduce, cut down or curtail 2. (tr. v.) to delete or remove 3. (intr. v.) to economize or scrimp   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His orders retrenched the supplies reaching the branch offices.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The decision will enable companies, having up to 1,000 employees, to retrench without getting prior approval from the government. The Times of India, Corporate India welcomes labour law amendments, 22 Feb 2002   hegira  [  hi-JAHY-ruh', HEJ-er-uh'  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a journey undertaken in order to escape from an unpleasant place and get to a more conducive one 2. (islam) the flight of prophet

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 31-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.         31-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day The question below contains a paragraph followed by alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the paragraph. As the pioneer of research into the physiology and psychology of disgust, Paul Rozin, in a landmark experiment, put a sterilized cockroach in fruit juice and offered others chocolate fudge shaped like dog do. He asked whether subjects would wear Adolf Hitler's laundered sweater. Most people refused, even when they knew the cockroach and sweater were clean and that the fudge was in fact fudge. Mind conditioning proved too strong. OPTIONS     1) The conditioning of the mind plays a pivotal role in our refusal of fruit juice with a sterilized cockroach in it, or fudge shaped like dog d

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 30-Mar-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         30-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle # 202 - The Birthday Conundrum 29-Mar-12 Lalwani, Mehra, Narayan, Ojha and Patel recently found out that all of their birthdays were on the same day, though they are of different ages. On their mutual birthday, the following conversation took place between them and I was the lucky one who overheard this conversation.  Ojha said to Mehra: "I'm nine years older than Patel."  Patel said to Mehra: "I'm seven years older than Lalwani."  Lalwani said to Mehra: "Your age is exactly 70% greater than mine."  Mehra said to Narayan: "Patel is younger than you."  Narayan said to Ojha: "The difference between our ages is six years."  Narayan said to Lalwani: "I'm ten years older than yo