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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 22-Feb-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         22-Feb-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists mountebank  [  MOUN-tuh'-bangk  ]   [  noun, intransitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) one who, in a public place or from a platform, tells audiences stories and tricks them into buying quack medicines from himself or herself 2. (n.) a charlatan, boastful pretender or quack 3. (intr.v.) to operate, behave or act like a charlatan or mountebank   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The mountebank was arrested by the police on charges of selling drugs without prescriptions.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It somehow comes as no surprise to discover that this prince of mountebanks was also a close friend of the Duke of Windsor. Telegraph, John Brinkley, the goat-gland quack, Mike Dash, 16 Apr 2008   disabuse  [  dis-uh-byooz  ]   [  transitive

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 22-Feb-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.         22-Feb-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word/set of words from the given options. All reforms create some ___________, who are quick to scream. Reforms produce ________ too, but with a lag, and the  __________ are often spread thinly over many people. OPTIONS     1) losers, winners, gains   2) winners, losers, losses   3) agitators, rebels, campaigns   4) losers, rebels, gains discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day The essence of the GD is to discuss rather than debate. Remembering this will help you earn brownie points. more tips Last year's Question of the day (21-Feb-12) The life stages of the American eel are leptocephali, glass eel, yellow eel, and silver eel. Leptocephali metamorphose into gla

TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 21st February

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          21-Feb-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs from Feb 14th to Feb 20th 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.