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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 16-Oct-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         16-Oct-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ingratiate  [  in-GREY-shee-eyt  ]   [  transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. to curry favour by pleasing or flattering   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wealthy businessman made many attempts to ingratiate himself to the political structure of the country in order to further his business interests.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   To the best that one can figure out, he seems to have only used his power to further ingratiate himself to the political power structure in the country. The Times of India, LEADER ARTICLE: Cast In Our Likeness, Harsh V Pant, 21 May 2008   minatory  [  MIN-uh'-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   threatening, alarming or ominous   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The minatory way in which the young men app

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 16-Oct-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.         16-Oct-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Allen ride bike at a constant speed. Similarly, he jog and swim at a constant speed. Allen covers 74 km after riding bike for 2 hours, jogging for 3 hours and swimming for 4 hours. But after jogging for 2 hours, swimming for 3 hours and riding bike for 4 hours he was able to cover 91 km. If Allen's biking, jogging, and swimming speeds, in km/hr, are integers, then the sum of the squares of Allen's biking, jogging and swimming speed can be? OPTIONS     1) 296   2) 314   3) 337   4) 378   5) None of the above discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day In Paragraph Completion questions, the second last line carries the maximum clues. Try to maintain logical and grammatical consistency of the option selected as the la