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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 03-May-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         03-May-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists dimunition  [  dim-uh'-NOO-shuh' n, -NYOO-  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. the process or the act of lessening or reducing 2. (music) variation of a subject or theme by reducing esp. halving the time period of notes   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The dimunition of firearms is an important step in the peace process.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Production of drought-tolerant crops able to grow under restricted-water regimes without dimunition of yield would minimize drought-related losses and ensure food production in water-limited lands The Times of India, Plants that can beat drought, 28 Nov 2007   engrossing  [  en-GROH-sing  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   absorbing or occupying complete attention   USAGE EXAMP

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 03-May-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.         03-May-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the following based on the passage given below. Shobhaa Deshobhaa De's novel, after a hiatus of 10 years, claims to do for politics, what Starry Nights did to Bollywood. For everyone fed up of the scams and scandals, the credibility quotient of the political class is at an all-time low and the dedication right at the beginning of the book, "To our beloved politicians. May their tribe decrease," is bound to strike a chord with the middle class. The same is true of the saying "The arrow shot by the archer may or may not kill a single person. But strategems devised by wise men can kill even babies in the womb", by Kautilya. De shows us the varied shades of a politician's life. As she traces the career graph

TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 2nd May

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          02-May-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs from April 25th to April 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.