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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         31-Dec-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists leviathan  [  li-VAHY-uh'-thuh' n  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) an unusually gigantic water beast mentioned in the Bible 2. (n.) anything that is unusually large of its kind 3. (adj.) gigantic   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Our small boat began to sway and pitch violently from the waves generated by the leviathan oil tanker.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   IBM, needless to say, isn't the Big Blue of my early years. It is no longer the arrogant leviathan that would crush you like a bug for competing with it, or, in my case, writing nasty things about it. ABC News, Silicon Insider: The Laptop Lament, B U R L I N G A M E, Calif., April 24 2008   vociferous  [  voh-SIF-er-uh's  ]   [  adjective  ]  

  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Question of the Day and Tip of the Day on the Web.         31-Dec-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. The future of our planet depends on the world economy's rapid transition to "green growth" – modes of production based on clean technologies that significantly reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Yet, carbon remains badly mispriced, owing to fossil-fuel subsidies and the absence of tax revenues needed to address the global externalities of climate change. In this context, subsidies that promote the development of green technologies are doubly important. First, they nudge pioneers to invest in uncertain, risky ventures, with the resulting research-and-development efforts generating highly valuable social benefits. Second, they counter the effects of