Posts

Showing posts from August 5, 2012

TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 06-Aug-12

Image
  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         06-Aug-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists noisome  [  NOI-suh' m  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. obnoxious or harmful 2. very offensive to the point of arousing disgust   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The noisome odour emanating from the alley compelled us to change our route.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The most noisome moment in this country, from the announcement of the production through its roll-out, came when a driver rammed a converted school bus into an empty theater lobby in Ithaca, N.Y., injuring only himself. Los Angles Times, 'Hollywood Under Siege' by Thomas R. Lindlof, By Fred Schruers, July 24, 2008   ostracise  [  OS-truh'-sahyz  ]   [  verb  ]   MEANING :   1. to banish or remove from a group 2. followed in ancient greece, when

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 06-Aug-12

Image
  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Question of the Day and Tip of the Day on the Web.         06-Aug-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.  Poetry has a vital place in society, whether it's ………………. one or not. It exists; it is something people perversely do. Whether it gets formal ………………. is really not the ultimate point. True poetry gets ………………. ex post facto, when people understand that the poet is seeing something, knows something that they didn't. And that is the poet's ultimate ………………. – to change perception, to enter the language, to matter. There's nothing more ………………. than that. OPTIONS     1) acceded, recognition, popularity, aim, blemished   2) given, appreciation, criticized, recompense, unconventional   3) conceded, acceptance, immersed, endeav