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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 04-Nov-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         04-Nov-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists banal  [  buh'-NAL, -NAHL, BEYN-l  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. lacking originality or novelty 2. commonplace; petty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Despite the presence of big stars, the banal plot of the film ensured its lukewarm response.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a series of leisurely-paced scenes, Suleiman shows the banal realties of petrol bomb attacks and army checkpoint searches, combining them with dreamlike sequences. BBC, Palestinian film shows life with conflict, Wednesday, 29 January, 2003   pugnacious  [  puhg-NEY-shuh' s  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   antagonistic or quarrelsome in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The pugnacious little boy got into a lot of fights   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Vetto

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 04-Nov-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.         04-Nov-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. A second myth describes a tantric battle waged between the lovely queen Ratnavali and the wicked sorcerer Singha Sevra, who was attracted by the queen's beauty. Singha Sevra chhatri can be seen on the top of the hill. Desperately, he tried to trap her in his magical web, and failed every time, as the queen herself was a past-mistress in the tantric art. The last battle took place on the day when the queen eventually lost her temper, transformed a glass bottle containing massaging oil into a big rock and flung it towards the hill-top, where sat the devil. In vain he tried to stall this glass missile. It was too late. Sensing his imminent death, concentrating all his powers, he spat his