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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 29-May-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         29-May-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists scorn  [  skawrn  ]   [  transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to reject with utmost contempt or scorn 2. (intr.v.) to treat with scorn or reject disdainfully 3. (n.) a contemptuous or disdainful rejection   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She scorned anyone who disagreed with her.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   But there has been a counter, more populist tradition, which is not only to scorn liberal ideas but to scorn ideas entirely. CNN, Palin's future causes Republican rift, By Alexander Mooney, October 29, 2008   minutiae  [  mi-NOO-shee-uh', -shuh', -NYOO-  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   trivial, minute, minor or unnecessary details   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The new policies were concerned about the minutiae of every employee.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 29-May-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.         29-May-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Let abc be the three digit number. If bca + bac + cab + cba + acb = 2982, then find a × b × c . OPTIONS     1) 48   2) 24   3) 96   4) None of the above discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day If two numbers a and b , leave a remainder of ra and rb respectively, when divided by a number x , then the remainder when their product ab is divided by x is the same as the remainder when rarb is divided by x . more tips Last year's Question of the day (28-May-11) There was a theft at a jewellery shop and all the gold coins went missing. The shopkeeper told the police that he did not know the exact number of gold coins in the shop. He also added that when he paired them up in groups of two, exactly one was left unpaired. Similarly, when he pa