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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 30-Jun-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         30-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists surreptitious  [  sur-uh'p-TISH-uh's  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. to attain or achieve stealthily 2. to behave or act in a secretive, stealthy way   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The surreptitious takeover of the company was foiled.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The information available to government does not indicate any surreptitious entry into the stock market or real estate market by terrorist outfits,"" Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Friday. The Times of India, No terror outfits operating in stock, realty markets: FM, August 17, 2007   oaf  [  ohf  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a lout or clumsy, awkward or stupid person 2. a dunce or blockhead   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He is considered to be an

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 30-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.         30-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day The product N of three positive integers is 6 times the sum of these three numbers. If one of the number among these three numbers is the sum of other two numbers, find the sum of all possible values of N . OPTIONS     1) 216   2) 246   3) 336   4) 366 discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day When three terms are in Arithmetic progression, the middle term is the arithmetic mean of the other two. It is always convenient to take three terms in an A.P. as a - d , a and a + d . Similarly four terms in A.P. could be taken as a - 3 d , a - d , a + d and a + 3 d . more tips Last year's Question of the day (29-Jun-11) If x = (9 + 4√5) n and y = (9 − 4√5) n , then the integral parts of x and y are, respectively : OPTIONS     1) even and zero if

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 29-Jun-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         29-Jun-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle # 215 - "The Renovated Homes" 28-Jun-12 After a recent spate of home improvements, four couples were having a dinner party to discuss the additions to their houses. The four Husbands are; Amit, Vishal, Chander and Dinesh. Amit had not recently had a new bathroom. Kalpana had not yet done her kitchen, but perhaps would update it next. Vishal, who is married to Mala, had not had new windows. Laila delighted in showing photographs of her new conservatory. Neither Chander nor Dinesh had a new kitchen. Julie had not had new windows. Amit, who also had not had windows, is not married to Laila and Chander is not married to Kalpana. Who is married to whom and what work had they recently undertaken, assuming that each couple had one improvement and no two couples had the same improvement. discuss | m