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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 15-Jun-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         15-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists stilted  [  STIL-tid  ]   [  adjective, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) (architecture) having an arch begin at a distance above an impost 2. (adj.) stiff, formal or pompously dignified 3. (tr.v.) to raise or elevate on stilts   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The stilted platform was termed dangerous.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For centuries the seminomadic Moken people have lived as hunter-gatherers, dwelling on boats or stilted dwellings along the coasts of Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. National Geographic, Sea Gypsies of Asia Boast "Incredible" Underwater Vision, by Brian Handwerk, May 14, 2004   insubordinate  [  in-suh'-BAWR-dn-it  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) disobedient, defiant or rebellious to authority 2. (adj

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 15-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.         15-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. Some sources, such as anthropologists James Mellaart, Marija Gimbutas and Barbara Walker, claim that Gaia as the Mother Earth is a later form of a pre-Indo-European Great Mother who had been venerated in Neolithic times, but this point is controversial in the academic community. Belief in a nurturing Earth Mother is often a feature of modern Neopagan "Goddess" worship, which is typically linked by practitioners of this religion to the Neolithic goddess theory. From the above passage, we can conclude that: OPTIONS     1) Gaia's status as the Mother Earth was debated among ancient Greek historians.   2) The academic community doesn't believe that a nurturing Great Mother belongs to Ancient Greece as she origina

TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 14th June 2012

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          14-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Student speak I'm honoured to have won the First Prize, and I applaud your initiative which brought forth such delightful elucidation of ideas from across the country, and fellow aspirants. -Aashish Belwalkar, Madhya Pradesh (Article Writing Contest Winner) TestFunda Spotlight • TESTfunda Celebrate 333333 users  -  Flat 30% off on all TF courseware •