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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 13-Sep-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         13-Sep-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists exogenous  [  ek-SOJ-uh'-nuh' s  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. derived or developed externally 2. (Botany) marked by adding woody tissue layers to the stem externally beneath the bark 3. (Pathology) caused by external pathogens or conditions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Exogenous ailments like broken bones are best treated by allopathic means than any other.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We are dealing with a substance which is both endogenous (produced within the body) and exogenous (originating outside the body), and the exogenous HGH is absolutely similar to what is produced by your body. BBC, New Drug Menace Stalks Sport, By Tom Fordyce, 27 July, 2003   grouse  [  grous  ]   [  noun, transitive verb  ]  

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 13-Sep-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.         13-Sep-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. Samaresh Basu would in later days recall the deep impressions that the Brata-kathas (fantastic folk-tales recited by women while performing certain religious rites) narrated by his mother left on him as a child. His adolescent years were spent in Naihati, a suburb of Kolkata, in West Bengal. His life was rich with varied experiences. At one point, he used to hawk eggs from a basket carried on his head; later, he worked for meager daily wages. From 1943 through 1949 he worked in an ordnance factory in Ichhapore. He was an active member of the trade union and the Communist party for a period, and was jailed for during 1949-50 when the party was declared illegal. While in jail, he wrote hi