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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 01-Nov-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         01-Nov-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists duress  [  doo'-RES, dyoo'-, DOO' R-is, DYOO'R-  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. coercion; forcible restraint or constraint 2. (Law) forcing or compelling someone to commit a crime or commit to a legal liability   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Under duress, the undertrial was forced to confess to a crime that he had not committed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Defence lawyers for a prime suspect in 1993 bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) say they suspect he may have confessed under duress. BBC, Indian Bomb Suspect Confesses, 21 November 2005   stickler  [  STIK-ler  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a person who insists on something steadfastly 2. any confusing or complicated problem.   USAG

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 01-Nov-13

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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.         01-Nov-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Identify the grammatically INCORRECT option: OPTIONS     1) In the seven years since the publication of the report,   2) there is no indication of a careful follow-up by the political leadership   3) or the administrative machinery for the effective   4) implementation of these recommendations. discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day Some DI questions like highest increase, sharpest fall etc. that involve line graphs can be answered by looking at the slope of the graphs. One need not calculate actual values using absolute figures for these questions. more tips Last year's Question of the day (31-Oct-12) Square ABCD has sides of length 10 units. Isosceles triangle EBC has base BC, and the area common to trian

TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 31-Oct-13

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          31-Oct-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs from October 24th to October 30th This section will keep you abreast of all the important news and latest happenings around the world without looking at different sources across the internet.