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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 21-Jul-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         21-Jul-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists scathing  [  SKEY-th' ing  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. harshly critical 2. harmful, injurious   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The manager's scathing criticism for poor performance demoralized the staff.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   George Carlin, 71 -- Comedian whose groundbreaking comedy tested the boundaries of censorship and gave scathing social criticism a new voice. abc News, In Memoriam: Lives of Note, June 29, 2008   mawkish  [  MAW-kish  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. sentimental, emotional or mushy 2. having an insipid or nauseating taste   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The writer's mawkish novel about an orphan boy met with a tepid response.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Friendship is like a China cup, precious rich and rare, once broken can be me

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 21-Jul-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.         21-Jul-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. A surge of popular interest in anarchism occurred in western nations during the 1960s and 1970s. Anarchism was influential in the Counterculture of the 1960s and anarchists actively participated in the late sixties students and workers revolts. In 1968 in Carrara, Italy the International of Anarchist Federations was founded during an international anarchist conference held there in 1968 by the three existing European federations of France, the Italian and the Iberian Anarchist Federation as well as the Bulgarian federation in French exile. What do we learn about Anarchy from the above passage? OPTIONS     1) Anarchism doesn't exist in the 21st century.   2) Bulgarians didn't stand for exiling people.   3) Bulgaria was

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 20-Jul-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         20-Jul-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle # 218 - The Plant Positioning Puzzle 19-Jul-12 Akash, a botany professor, was also fond of mathematics. He was particularly interested in geometry. One day, he decided to plant 10 new shrubs in his garden. He decided that he will plant the 10 shrubs in such a way that there are exactly 4 shrubs in 5 distinct lines.  Help Akash in planting these shrubs in the manner he wants. discuss | more puzzles   Do you have solution! If you think you know the solution submit your solution (do not reply to this email, use the link). The first person to send a 100%-correct solution and five other people, picked at random from all the 100%-correct solutions submitted by Sunday, will get 200 Reward Points. TestFunda team's decision on the correctness of the solution will be final. If you have ideas on how to s