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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 20-Dec-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         20-Dec-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists tutelary  [  TOOT-l-er-ee  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) holding the position of being the guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing 2. (adj.) pertaining to a guardian or protector 3. (n.) the person who serves as a guardian 4. (n.) one who has protective powers   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   In the Harry Potter series, Harry learned loads of new powerful magical spells under Dumbledore's watchful, tutelary eye.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   They were not offering a tutelary lesson in morals or inviting their viewers to a perception of transcendence. BBC, The Wordsworths and the Cult of Nature, Pamela Woof, 5 Nov 2009.   culprit  [  KUHL-prit  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. an agent guilty of o

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 20-Dec-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.         20-Dec-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day From the following pair of words, identify the pair that shares the same relationship as the given pair. SHAKE: AGITATE :: ____________ : _____________ OPTIONS     1) NOD : AGREE   2) VEX : PACIFY   3) CALM : SOOTHE   4) VILIFY : PRAISE discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day Before tackling any fill in the blank question, read the complete sentence once, without looking at the options. Think of a word which will fit the blank. Then look for the word or its nearest synonym in the given options. more tips Last year's Question of the day (19-Dec-11) Sometime in the 1940s, Enrico Fermi was talking about the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence with some other physicists. They were impressed that life had