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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 20-Apr-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         20-Apr-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists encumbrance  [  en-KUHM-bruh' ns  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a hindrance or burden 2. a dependent, like a child 3. (law) a mortgage or claim against property   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Cohabiting allows you to road-test your potential victim without the encumbrance of life-long commitment. BBC, Katie Hopkins' guide to family life, 17 August 2007   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Cohabiting allows you to road-test your potential victim without the encumbrance of life-long commitment. BBC, Katie Hopkins' guide to family life, 17 August 2007   notoriety  [  noh-tuh'-RAHY-i-tee  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. infamy 2. the quality of being widely known   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His notoriety was due to the fact th

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 20-Apr-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.         20-Apr-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Draw a large circle and then draw two smaller circles inside the original such that all three circles are tangential to each other. Now, draw the maximum number of non-intersecting circles that are tangential to all three original circles. This is known as stage one in this construction. Continue in the same manner i.e. draw the maximum number of non-intersecting circles that are tangential to any three circles drawn till the end of the previous stage. Which of these expressions gives the total number of circles drawn after the completion of  n stages? OPTIONS     1) 4 n + 1   2) 3 n − 1 + 2   3) 3 n + 2   4) 3 n + 1 − 2   5) 2 n + 1 + 1 discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day Retaining information and facts

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 19-Apr-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         19-Apr-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle # 257 - "The Bookworm" 18-Apr-13 A boy after reading, punches the pages that he has read by his pen. If he reads a page twice he makes another punch on the page. He begins reading the above volume of books, from page 42 of volume 1 and reads till page 73 of volume 3 in the same fashion as the books are arranged in the figure and then turns back and reads again till page 31 of volume 2. He passes from one volume of the book to another with no punching on the cover of the books. The total number of pages in each book is 100, excluding the cover. How many punches does he make in this exercise? discuss | more puzzles   Do you have solution! If you think you know the solution submit your solution (do not reply to this email, use the link). The first perso