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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 23-Sep-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         23-Sep-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists recant  [  ri-KANT  ]   [  intransitive verb, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   (tr. v.) to revoke or pull back (esp. a statement or belief) publicly (intr. v.) to revoke or pull back a statement or belief publicly   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police were compelled to recant their statement that the victim had committed suicide after the post mortem report was made public.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hasbro agreed to recant their misleading claims through advertising, relabeling and repackaging, and by paying a penalty of $120,000. National Geographic , The Truth about "Germ-Free" Toys & Sponges   nonpareil  [  non-puh'-REL  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) not having any equal 2. (n.

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 23-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.         23-Sep-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. Roddenberry first presented Star Trek to CBS, which turned it down in favor of the Irwin Allen creation Lost in Space. Roddenberry next presented his concept to the head of Desilu Studio—Herb Solow—who eventually accepted it. Solow then successfully sold Gene's vision of Star Trek to NBC, which paid for but turned down the first pilot "The Cage", stating that it was "too cerebral". However, the NBC executives had still been impressed with the concept, and they understood that its perceived faults had been partly because of the script that they had selected themselves. The NBC executives then made the unusual decision to pay for a second pilot, using the script called "W

Special Eminence Quiz

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          22-Sep-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Three months back we introduced our GK newsletter and we have all of you coming back for the update every week. We also got requests asking us to design quizzes and contests based on GK. For all you enthusiastic people we have come up with a whole set of contests on GK and current affairs. We have 2 special quizzes this month which test your awareness about current affairs. We also have a contest based on current news. Take a look at what we have in store