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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 26-Oct-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         26-Oct-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists hermetic  [  hur-Met-ik  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. airtight, impervious or sealed by fusion 2. magical or esoteric 3. associated with or related to hermes trismegistus   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The new hermetic sealed packets keep the food fresh and hot.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's as though both the paper and the implements on show have been given life in the hermetic atmospheres of the display cases. BBC, Collective, A garden of delights   askance  [  uh'-SKANS  ]   [  adverb  ]   MEANING :   1. glance obliquely or sideways 2. to observe suspiciously   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He looked askance at the man approaching him.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   No longer does society look askance at single parents who

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 26-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.         26-Oct-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day A point whose coordinates are both integers is called a lattice point. How many lattice points lie on the hyperbola  x 2 – y 2 = 2000 2 ? OPTIONS     1) 98   2) 196   3) 252   4) 224 discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day The product of any two natural numbers is equal to the product of their HCF and LCM. Obvious to say, the product of any two prime or co-prime numbers is equal to their LCM as their HCF will be 1. more tips Last year's Question of the day (25-Oct-11) Two poles, one measuring 20 m and another measuring 80 m stand vertical on a horizontal plane. Two ropes join the top of one pole to the base of another. Find the height of the point where the ropes intersect. OPTIONS     1) 20 m   2) 16 m   3

TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 25th October

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          25-Oct-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs from Oct 18th to Oct 22nd This section will let you keep abreast of all the important news and latest happenings around the world without looking at different sources across the internet.