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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 04-Mar-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         04-Mar-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists insolence  [  IN-suh'-luh'ns  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. impertinent in speech or behaviour 2. the act or instance of being contemptuously rude   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The parents were shocked by the insolence their son displayed.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   "We challenge him on the continuing corrupt company that we see plotting around and controlling affairs from Aso Rock (presidential villa)," said Soyinka, who slammed "the insolence with which the legislators have treated this nation". The Telegraph, Nigeria: Protesters demand resignation of ailing president, 13 January 2010.   comeuppance  [  kuhm-UHP-uh' ns  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   a deserved punishment or penalty; just deserts  

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 04-Mar-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.         04-Mar-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the following question based on the information given below. Because image-enhancing technology is readily available, people are frequently exposed to doctored images. However, in prior research on how adults can be led to report false childhood memories, subjects have typically been exposed to personalized and detailed narratives describing false events. Instead, 20 subjects were exposed to a false childhood event via a fake photograph and imagery instructions. Over three interviews, subjects thought about a photograph showing them on a hot air balloon ride and tried to recall the event by using guided-imagery exercises. Fifty percent of the subjects created complete or partial false memories. Which of the following can be inferr