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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 05-Aug-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         05-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists miscellany  [  mi-SEL-uh'-nee; MIS-uh'-ley-nee  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a collection of different things that are usually unrelated 2. a collection of writings on various topics or subjects in a single volume or book   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The first reprint of the miscellany of post modernist articles was a hit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Schott's Original Miscellany was last year's surprise bestseller even though it reached the bookshops just two weeks before Christmas. BBC, Publisher profits from trivia bestseller, 9 January, 2003   muse  [  myooz  ]   [  noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to meditate or think deeply 2. (intr.v.) to ponder or deeply meditate

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 05-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.         05-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. Half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – live in urban areas today. Our metropolises are the engines of growth for a global economy emerging from the shadow of financial crisis. In Bangalore, my home, investment is pouring into a city at the forefront of the Indian economy's transformation – home to companies like Infosys and Wipro, and named by Forbes Magazine as one of the "Fastest Growing Cities of the Next Decade." But, as Bangalore's citizens prepare to go to the polls in state elections, their concerns are not merely economic. The city's financial success stories mask a darker reality – quality of life for many city-dwellers has deteriorated over recent years. The movem