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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 19-Jun-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         19-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists stultify  [  STUHL-tuh'-fahy  ]   [  transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. to impair, cripple or render ineffective 2. to cause to look stupid, ridiculous or foolish 3. (law) to prove one to be of unstable or unsound mind and, hence, not legally responsible for one's actions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The thief was stultified after the policeman shot at his ankle when he tried to escape.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Kanter argued that large companies need to liberate their employees from stultifying hierarchies if they are going to be able to "dance" in the flexible, fast-changing future. Economist, Empowerment, Oct 27th 2008   muster  [  MUHS-ter  ]   [  intransitive verb, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to summon, gather, call upon

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 19-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.         19-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Fill in the blanks in the passage with the most appropriate set of words from the options for each blank.  I write books when I find myself ……………… again and again, in my mind, to the same themes. I wrote Tipping Point because I was fascinated by the sudden drop in crime in New York City—and that fascination grew to a/an ……..……… in the whole idea of epidemics and epidemic processes. I wrote Blink because I began to get ………..…….., in the same way, with the way that all of us seem to make up our minds about other people in a/an ……………..—without really doing any real thinking. OPTIONS     1) turning, obsession, fascinated, nutshell   2) pondering, passion, repugnant, spot   3) returning ,interest, obsessed, instant   4) going, infatuation, disturbed, jiffy discuss | yesterday's s