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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 02-Nov-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         02-Nov-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists abattoir  [  AB-uh'-twahr, ab-uh'-TWAHR  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   slaughterhouse   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The abattoir was a fearsome place for the children of York.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Workers at an abattoir on Anglesey were among the first in Wales to feel the impact of the ban. BBC, Abattoir lay-offs after outbreak, 6 August 2007   abate  [  uh'-BEYT  ]   [  intransitive verb, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr.v.) to decrease, lessen or diminish 2. (tr.v.) to end, nullify or terminate 3. (intr.v.) to decrease or reduce in intensity 4. (intr.v.) to become void   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The tide abated and the people stuck on the cove were rescued.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Traffic was flowing fre

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 02-Nov-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.         02-Nov-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Raj invested Rs. 100 each in four companies - A, B, C and D - for one year. Each company was from a different sector i.e. Cement, IT, Auto and Steel, but not necessarily in the same order. The expected annual profits from A, B, C and D were 20%, 10%, 30% and 40% respectively. At the end of the year, two of these companies declared "extraordinarily good results" i.e. one of these companies showed twice the initially expected profit while the other showed 1.5 times the initially expected profit. The company that showed twice the expected profit was from the Cement or IT sector while the other company that declared "extraordinarily good results" was from the Steel or Auto sector. For the remaining two companies

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 01-Nov-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         01-Nov-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of the Week Puzzle # 285 - Lines to Shapes 31-Oct-13 You have 7 straight lines which can be placed in different orientations to make squares and right angled triangles. You can produce some squares and some right angled triangles in a particular set of orientation of the set of 7 lines so that the product of the number of squares and the number of right angled triangles is maximum. Figure out that maximum number. discuss | more puzzles   Do you have solution! If you think you know the solution submit your solution (do not reply to this email, use the link). The first person to send a 100%-correct solution and two other people, picked at random from all the 100%-correct solutions submitted by Monday, will get 200 Reward Points. TestFunda team's decision on the c