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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 16-Dec-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         16-Dec-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists opportunist  [  op-er-TOO-niz-uh' m, -TYOO-  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   one who takes complete advantage of an opportunity irrespective of whether it goes against ones principles or ethics   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Being an opportunist the groom ran away with bag containing the cash whilst the in-laws argued about the dowry.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Opportunist thieves who found the front door to Newent police station in Gloucestershire unlocked made off with items including a patrol car key. BBC, Unlocked police station burgled, 27 October 2008   squander  [  SKWON-der  ]   [  noun, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to spend in a wasteful manner 2. (tr. v.) to miss out on an opportunity 3. (n.) wasteful expe

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 16-Dec-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.         16-Dec-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Six people, Dr. Cooper, Dr. Holmes, Dr. Wolowitz, Mr. Fowler, Dr. Harper, and Dr. Hofstader, meet at a symposium. They are from six different universities, Caltech, Princeton, Georgia, California, MIT, and Harvard. Five of them have a doctorate (shown as Dr.) and one is an engineer. All of them have a different profession viz, Physicist, Chemist, Neurobiologist, Mathematician, Engineering and Astrophysicist. There is only one person whose name starts with the same letter as his university. The person from Caltech is a Chemist. Cooper is neither from Caltech nor California. The person from MIT is an engineer. Wolowitz is a Neurobiologist. Cooper is neither a Mathematician nor an Astrophysicist. Hofstader is not an Astrophysicist and Harper is not f