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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 19-Aug-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         19-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists roster  [  ROS-ter  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a list or roll of personnel esp. military and naval personnel 2. any list, register or roll   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The roster is maintained to avoid confusion with regards to rank and duties.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The roster is being reviewed to reduce fatigue, increase handover times between shifts and increase time for training. Telegraph, Santander's winning formula, 28 Feb 2009   palpitate  [  PAL-pi-teyt  ]   [  intransitive verb, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to pulsate, flutter, throb or beat heavily 2. (tr.v.) to quiver, tremble or move tremulously 3. (intr.v.) to cause to throb or pulsate   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The wings of the hummingbird pal

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 19-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.         19-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. The student of war needs to be careful in examining definitions of war, for like any social phenomena, definitions are varied, and often the proposed definition masks a particular political or philosophical stance paraded by the author. This is as true of dictionary definitions as well as of articles on military or political history. Cicero defines war broadly as "a contention by force"; Hugo Grotius adds that "war is the state of contending parties, considered as such"; Thomas Hobbes notes that war is also an attitude: "By war is meant a state of affairs, which may exist even while its operations are not continued;" Denis Diderot comments that war is "a