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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 10-Nov-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         10-Nov-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists errant  [  ER-uh' nt  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. given to travelling; roving, esp. in search of an adventure 2. straying from the proper course or accepted standards 3. moving about without an aim or direction 4. notorious; characterised by wrong behaviour   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The popular and endearing "Sindbad the sailor" fables are about an errant sailor from Baghdad who voyages on all the seven seas and amasses a fortune.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When I nail into vulnerable areas like door jambs, I use shims to protect the trim from errant hammer marks. Reader's Digest,The Family Handyman, Protection Against Hammer Marks, Craig Gennesey, September 2000   preponderance  [  pri-PON-de

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 10-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.         10-Nov-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. The basic ideas of transgressive fiction are by no means new. Many works that are now considered classics dealt with controversial themes and harshly criticized societal norms. Early examples include the scandalous writing of the Marquis de Sade and the Comte de LautrĂ©amont's Les Chants de Maldoror (1869). French author Émile Zola's works about social conditions and "bad behavior" are examples, as are Russian Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novels Crime and Punishment (1866) and Notes from Underground (1864) and Norwegian Knut Hamsun's psychologically-driven Hunger (1890). Sexual extravagance can be seen in two of the earliest European novels, the Satyricon and The Golden A

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TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 09-Nov-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         09-Nov-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle 234- "Meet on the go" 08-Nov-12 Rancho (located on node A) can go to meet his friend Rinku (node B) through a network of roads. Coincidently, some of his other friends also live on the way, and so while going to meet Rinku, can also meet them. Also he walks at a uniform average speed of 15 km/hr & spends negligible amount of time meeting his other friends.  The Network of road is as shown below: The following information is known about the roads: 1) If he reaches Rinku only after meeting Rinky & then Ramesh, the distance between Rinky & Ramesh is covered in 20 mins. 2) He reaches Rony after meeting Ravi in 30 minutes. However If he meets Rony he cant meet Ruchira & Rizvi whom he would have met had he taken the other path after meeti