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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 15-Jun-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         15-Jun-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists abracadabra  [  ab-ruh'-kuh'-DAB-ruh'  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a magical charm or incantation recited for the purpose of warding off disease or disaster 2. foolish or meaningless talk; gibberish; nonsense   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The word, 'abracadabra' is a favourite among magicians.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We hope the international community are finally realising that you can't just say 'Abracadabra' and produce peace out of a hat. Telegraph, Powell heads east to face Arab wrath, By David Wastell in Washington, Tom Gross in Jerusalem and Philip Smucker in Cairo, 20 Jun 2001   adversary  [  AD-ver-ser-ee  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   a person or group that is an opponent or

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 15-Jun-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.         15-Jun-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day If p = 2013 × 20142014 × 201520152015 and q = 2015 × 20132013 × 201420142014, what is the value of p 3 − q 3 ? OPTIONS     1) 3 pq 2   2) 3 p 2 q   3) 1   4) 0 discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day Don't give up on the habit of reading editorial pages, and other material in the last few days before CAT. Continual depth and breadth of reading is what will hold you in good stead during the exam. more tips Last year's Question of the day (14-Jun-12) Answer the question based on the passage given below. Some sources, such as anthropologists James Mellaart, Marija Gimbutas and Barbara Walker, claim that Gaia as the Mother Earth is a later form of a pre-Indo-European Great Mother who had been ven

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 14-Jun-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         14-Jun-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle # 265 - "Find the Million" 13-Jun-13 In a new game show called "Find the Million", the host invites two contestants Chuck and Larry up on stage. They are shown 99 briefcases which are numbered from 1 to 99, exactly one of which contains the grand prize of one million dollars. The contestants are allowed to choose one briefcase each. They each choose a briefcase but are not aware of what the other has chosen. After both have chosen the host announces that nobody got the winning briefcase. The host now permits each of them to ask him two questions, but in private so that the other contestant cannot hear. Chuck firsts asks, "Is the winning briefcase a perfect square?". Hearing the host's reply he then asks, "Is it greater t