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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 19-Sep-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         19-Sep-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists decapitate  [  di-KAP-i-teyt  ]   [  transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   to behead; to cut off the head of   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   During the French revolution a guillotine was used to decapitate people.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Police say the swan was held down "with some degree of force" before a knife was used to decapitate it. BBC, £1,000 reward after swan beheaded, 4 April 2007   trenchant  [  TREN-chuh'nt  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. caustic, penetrating or incisive in nature 2. energetic , effective or forceful 3. distinct, sharply defined or clear-cut   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was known for his trenchant wit.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Hughes became an increasingly trenchant critic of Adams fol

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 19-Sep-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-Sep-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day In a school, students are allowed to take any number of subjects out of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. There are 140 students in this school. 104 students study Mathematics, 73 students study Physics and 72 students study Chemistry. Exactly 33 students have taken all three subjects. What is the absolute difference between the maximum number of students who could have taken exactly one of the subjects to the maximum number of students who could have taken exactly two of the three subjects? OPTIONS     1) 33   2) 48   3) 13   4) 11   5) Data inconsistent discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day In case of Paragraph based or cascaded fill in the blanks, read the entire paragraph first. Formulate an overall conte