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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 03-Aug-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         03-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists maul  [  mawl  ]   [  noun, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a hammer that is heavy and used to drive wedges or stakes 2. (tr.v.) to use or handle in a rough manner 3. (tr.v.) to batter, injure or rough up   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   A maul was used to drive the wooden stakes into the ground.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   A woman mauled by a chimpanzee two weeks ago has lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids and may be blind and suffering brain damage, hospital officials have said. Telegraph, Pet chimp attack: Victim lost hands and nose and may have brain damage, 04 Mar 2009   gusto  [  GUHS-toh  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. zest or vigorous or enthusiastic enjoyment or appreciation 2. special individual liking or

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 03-Aug-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-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day In the following questions a sentence is divided into four parts and labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4. choose the fragment that carries a grammatical error in the context of the sentence: OPTIONS     1) Two of the subjects   2) were raised contemporaneously   3) to the pre-school group   4) under more usual conditions. discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day There is no general formula for the sum of any number of quantities in harmonic progression. Questions in H.P. are solved by inverting the terms and making use of the properties of the corresponding A.P. more tips Last year's Question of the day (02-Aug-12) If n identical dice are rolled, how many different combinations are possible? OPTIONS     1) n + 5 C 5   2) n + 6

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 02-Aug-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         02-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle # 272 - "The Chemist's Dilemma" 01-Aug-13 The chemist at Boiker Pharmaceuticals is severely under equipped. His lousy lab assistant has broken most of the measuring instruments and he is left with a 300 ml beaker and a 500 ml flask. He has just got a delivery of sulphuric acid pills. Each pill can form a solution of exactly 100 mL of concentrated 100% sulphuric acid. The scientist at Boiker needs 100 ml of precisely 1%  dilute sulphuric acid. Using just the beaker and the flask how can the chemist measure out a 100 ml solution according to the scientist's requirements if there is ample amount of water present in the lab. discuss | more puzzles   Do you have solution! If you think you know the solution submit your solution (do not reply to this