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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 30-Nov-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         30-Nov-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists tenuous  [  TEN-yoo-uh's  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. slender, thin or fine 2. having a low consistency 3. flimsy, shaky or weak   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The king lost the tenuous hold he had over his kingdom.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It came days after a tenuous week-old U.N.-brokered cease-fire between rebels and government forces fell apart. CNN, Congo refugees brave rebels rather than stay in camps, November 2, 2008   sleight  [  slahyt  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. skill, flair or dexterity 2. craftiness, artifice, trickery or cunning stratagem   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The sleight displayed by the killer made the detectives suspect him to be a surgeon.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   For a while, the disappea

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 30-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.         30-Nov-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day In a group of 110 people, 46 drink Cofee, 48 drink Tea and 39 drink Vodka. 6 drink Cofee and Tea but not Vodka; 4 drink Tea and Vodka but not Cofee while 7 drink Vodka and Cofee but not Tea. If the number of people drinking all three beverages is equal to the number of persons drinking none of the three, the number of people who drink only Tea is: OPTIONS     1) 22   2) 25   3) 32   4) 35 discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day In verbal sections, when you have narrowed your options down to two and are confused between the two, it makes sense to mark one of them even though you might not be sure as the probability of getting it right is half whereas the negative mark, if you get it wrong, is much less than half. more tip

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 29-Nov-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         29-Nov-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of the Week Puzzle # 289 - "The age conundrum" 28-Nov-13 Patrik Jane was staying in a hotel for a conference and accidently meets his childhood friend Gerard, after twenty years.  Patrik : It's so good to see you. How have you been? Gerard : Wonderful, man! I'm married now. I've got four kids. Patrik : That is so amazing. How old are they? As Gerard likes riddles he doesn't reply in a straight forward manner. Gerard : Product of their ages is 144 and the sum of their ages is equal to today's date. Patrik: Ok. But, I still don't get it. Gerard : Oh and by the way, the oldest son of  mine has started taking cricket seriously. Patrik : That's great! I hope he makes a good career. And FYI, I got it. Can you guess the ages of Gerar