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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 07-Jun-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         07-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists squalid  [  SKWOL-id, SKWAW-lid  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. dirty, foul, filthy, wretched 2. sordid or morally degraded   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The squalid conditions prevalent in the last century gave rise to many diseases.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Conditions in the cells were squalid and lacked decency BBC, Police cell condition 'squalid', 6 August 2008   maul  [  mawl  ]   [  noun, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a hammer that is heavy and used to drive wedges or stakes 2. (tr.v.) to use or handle in a rough manner 3. (tr.v.) to batter, injure or rough up   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A maul was used to drive the wooden stakes into the ground.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A woman mauled by a chimpanzee two weeks ago has lost her hands, no

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 07-Jun-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.         07-Jun-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. From the moment they reject the existence of God, atheists- at least the thinking ones- run headlong into the problem of goodness. Naturally. Because once you renounce the fount of all that's considered to be morally superlative, you begin to immediately flounder trying to explain why the quality of ethical excellence exists in the world at all. So, for the rest of their intellectual life these poor people have to keep fighting a losing battle against their detractors by explaining away such things without the luxury of a divine cause to fall back on. OPTIONS     1) Atheists' efforts to intellectually explain the existence of ethica