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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 23-Jun-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         23-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists succulent  [  SUHK-yuh'-luh 'nt  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) juicy or filled with sap 2. (adj.) rich, vigorous or interesting 3. (adj.) (of a plant) having fleshy and thick tissues that are capable of storing water 4. (n.) a plant that is succulent   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The succulent pear is considered to be a delicacy.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Check soft succulent leaves of your bedding plants for caterpillar damage. BBC, Tokely's Tips: August 2006, By Andrew Tokely   lout  [  lout  ]   [  noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a goon, boor, oaf or awkward person 2. (tr.v.) to scorn or treat contemptuously 3. (intr.v.) to respectfully bend, bow or stoop   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was often des

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 23-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.         23-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Only one of the highlighted words labelled A and B  fits meaningfully in the context. Choose the correct combination from the options that would give a set of meaningful sentences in 1 to 4. i.   He abstracted (A)/ extracted (B) several passages to include in his essay.   ii.  His arguments and facts did not adhere/ (A) cohere (B) , so he lost the case. iii. A breech (A)/ breach (B) in the cease-fire started the war all over again. iv. Shakespeare's canon (A)/ cannon (B) contains obscure plays that are rarely performed. OPTIONS     1) ABAB   2) BBBA   3) BAAB   4) ABBA discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day A Paragraph Summary is, by definition, shorter than the paragraph it summarises, and hence options that provide specific data- numbers, sta

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 22-Jun-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         22-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle 214 - "The Cable Capacity Conundrum" 21-Jun-12 Abhro, an electrical engineer, has two fuse cables of equal capacity. The capacity of a cable is the minimum current at which the cable melts and becomes useless. He knows that the capacity of these cables is something between 1 and 100 amperes. He has 100 current sources, which can supply 1 ampere, 2 amperes, 3 amperes and so on till 100 amperes respectively, to test the capacity of the cables. Find the minimum number of trials required by Abhro to check the capacity of the two cables. What could be his strategy to achieve this? (Capacity of the cables can assume any value between 1 and 100 amperes with equal probability) Provide a detailed solution for the same. discuss | more puzzles   Do you have solution! If you think you know the solution