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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 31-May-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         31-May-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists sinecure  [  SAHY-ni-kyoo' r, SIN-i-  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a job or position that provides a high salary but requires minimal or no work   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He loved his job as it was a sinecure.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Before that she resigned a State sinecure, protesting the "lack of ethics" of fellow Republican members, and went on to destroy the political careers of Randy Ruedrich, GOP State Chairman, and Gregg Renkes, a former Alaska Attorney General. Chronicles Magazine, Editors' Round Table on Sarah Palin: An Innocent Abroad, by Srdja Trifkovic   muffle  [  MUHF-uh' l  ]   [  noun, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to conceal by wrapping or enveloping 2. (tr.v.) to pad, wrap or envelop with something

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 31-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.         31-May-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day The smallest value of k , for which both the roots of the equation x 2 − 8 kx + 16( k 2 − k + 1) = 0 are real, distinct and both the roots are greater than or equal to 4. OPTIONS     1) 1   2) 2   3) 0   4) None of these discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day Natural numbers ending in 0, 1, 5 and 6 have unit's digit cyclicity of 1. Numbers ending in 2, 3, 7 and 8 have a cyclicity of 4 and numbers ending in 4 have a cyclicity of 2. In general, after every four consecutive powers of any natural number, the digit in the unit's place repeats itself. more tips Last year's Question of the day (30-May-11) How many points with integer coordinates lie on the circle x 2 + y 2 = 4403? OPTIONS     1) 46   2) 43   3) 31   4) No solutions   5) Non