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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 19-Oct-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         19-Oct-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists snub  [  snuhb  ]   [  noun, adjective, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) 1. to ignore or refuse to recognize 2. (tr. v.) to turn down with a sharp retort 3. (n.) a deliberate insult 4. (adj.) blunt   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The few innovative ideas put forth by the fresher were snubbed by his seniors.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Among other things, I didn't want to be -- to borrow from sixth-grade parlance -- a user, a phony who thought she could get what she wanted by conveniently nuzzling up to someone she usually snubbed. CNN, Cancer, my parents and my doubts about God, Kelly Corrigan, 11 August 2009   smolder  [  SMOHL-der  ]   [  noun, verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to burn slowly without a flame

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 19-Oct-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-Oct-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day a and b are positive integers such that 3 a  − 2 b is a multiple of 7. Which of the following may not be a multiple of 7? OPTIONS     1) 2 a + b   2) a + 4 b   3) 9 a + 15 b   4) 5 a  − b   5) None of these discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day While solving speed, time and distance problems, be alert when it comes to units. Watch out for km/ hr to m/s conversions especially. more tips Last year's Question of the day (18-Oct-12) The statement(s) below are the summary of a paragraph. Choose the option that best represents the paragraph that was summarised. This is not blasphemy, but we really need to start questioning the impact of boisterous religious celebrations on human health and the environment a

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 18-Oct-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         18-Oct-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of the Week Puzzle # 283 - "College Mathematics club" 17-Oct-13 Johann wants to join the mathematics club of his college. For that he has to answer some questions asked by the senior members of the club. He is being interviewed by James and Christine. They give him a task to check his logical skills. They give him 16 playing cards. The cards are four Aces, four Kings, four Jacks and four Queens.  Johann is told to make a 4 x 4 grid of these cards such that no two same cards should be in the same line horizontally, vertically or diagonally (by same the interviewers only refer to the value of the card and not which suit it belongs to). Johann answers in a flash that it was impossible. Now he is given some Joker cards and is told to achieve the above by replacing some of