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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 13-Jul-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         13-Jul-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists carafe  [  kuh'-RAF, -RAHF  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a bottle made of metal or glass that usually has a flared lip and is often used to serve water and wine 2. a container made of glass that usually is used to hold or serve coffee   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The carafe was placed on the central table so that everyone had an easy access to it.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A carafe of Greek white wine and a Mythos beer for Mr Smith. Telegraph, Mykonos Grace, Mykonos: full review, 15 Dec 2008   apparition  [  ap-uh'-RISH-uh' n  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a spectre, wraith, phantom or supernatural appearance 2. a manifestation or sudden appearance 3. an unusual appearance or sight   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   T

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 13-Jul-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.         13-Jul-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day A scientist is trying to make a new alloy of copper and zinc called Zincopper. The ratio of copper to zinc in Zincopper is 3 : 5. He has three alloys of copper and zinc: alloy 1, alloy 2 and alloy 3 having ratio of copper to zinc as 2 : 1, 2 : 3 and 1 : 2 respectively. He takes 1 kg of alloy 1, 2 kg of alloy 2 and 4 kg of alloy 3 and melts them together to make Zincopper but he finds that he won't get Zincopper. He does some quick calculations and adds some amount of one of the alloys to the mixture so that he will get least possible weight of Zincopper. What is the weight of Zincopper that he made? OPTIONS     1) 7.2 kg   2) 11.2 kg   3) 11.2 kg   4) 24.4 kg   5) None of these discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 12-Jul-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         12-Jul-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle # 269 - "Merry go round and across the river" 11-Jul-13 There is a carrier bridge across the river as shown in the figure. But the bridge is such that people with equal weights are seated on both sides of the carrier and then someone has to turn the lever on the south bank of the river and then the carrier rotates about the centre of the river in a horizontal plane to take people from the north side to the south side and vice-versa. Four men want to cross the river, two from each side. But they cannot do so since there is no arrangement of the men on the bridge that will permit them all to cross since there always has to be someone on the south bank to operate the lever. Fortunately, an old man was walking on the north side of the river at that time