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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 02-Apr-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         02-Apr-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists progenitor  [  proh-JEN-i-ter  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. an ancestor or a forefather 2. an originator, precursor, predecessor or founder   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He is one of the contenders to the title of the progenitor of impressionism.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The temperate, tolerant Western Europeans are handing themselves over to the leading progenitor of war, slavery, and civilizational disaster of the past fourteen centuries: Islam. Chronicles magzine, The Eurabian Revolution, by Gregory M. Davis   impale  [  im-PEYL  ]   [  transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. to fasten or stick 2. to pierce with something sharp or pointed 3. to punish and render helpless by piercing   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :  

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 02-Apr-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.         02-Apr-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. The US and its co-sponsors seek reduction or elimination of non-tariff barriers on remanufactured products, arguing that such trade will help developing countries by increasing access to low-cost quality goods and technology, and will be environment friendly by reducing waste creation and exploitation of natural resources. Leading developing countries are, however, concerned that unrestricted import of such products could hurt their domestic manufacturing industries and result in dumping of waste and lower-quality products, with adverse environmental and consumer safety consequences. OP