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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 31-Aug-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         31-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists vanguard  [  VAN-gahrd  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. the foremost position in an army advancing into a battle. 2. the foremost or leading position or persons in a trend or movement.   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The commandos or special forces are always at the vanguard of any battle in which the Indian army takes part in.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   As West's vanguard approached the outskirts of the city, it encountered a defended roadblock. Patton's Vanguard: The United States Army Fourth Armored Division, By Don M. Fox   transient  [  TRAN-shuh'nt, -zhuh'nt, -zee-uh'nt  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) transitory, temporary or not everlasting 2. (adj.) in existence for only a brief period o

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 31-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.         31-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) The situation is where two people   2) feel that they are correct   3) and will not compromise   4) without losing their self-respect. discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day In Paragraph Summary and Paragraph Completion questions, first ascertain clearly the gist or the central idea of the paragraph. This will help eliminate options that do not resonate with the central theme. more tips Last year's Question of the day (30-Aug-12) In an acute angled ΔABC, the angles A, B, C of the triangle are in AP such th

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 30-Aug-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         30-Aug-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of the Week Puzzle # 276 - "Test of the Commander" 29-Aug-13 An old king had a council of five wise men. Among them he had appointed one knight for his honor and integrity and four politicians for their crafty thinking. The knights only speak the truth while the politicians lie for every alternate statement. After the old king's demise his son Hector took over the crown. Hector knows that there are four politicians and one knight but since he has spent his entire life managing the cavalry and not a day in the courtroom so he cannot identify the knight. The council would only serve under a clever and intelligent ruler so they set the condition that if Hector cannot identify the knight with at the most two questions asked to any one of the people in the council, then