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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 02-Jan-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         02-Jan-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists stalwart  [  STAWL-wert  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) strongly and sturdily built 2. (tr. v.) valiant; brave and strong 3. (tr. v.) uncompromising or steadfast 4. (n.) a physically strong and sturdy person 5.(n.) an uncompromising partisan   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The security guards employed by the bank were all stalwart ex-army personnel.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Leeds United stalwart Gary Kelly is to retire at the end of the season. BBC, Leeds veteran Kelly set to retire, 1 May 2007.   sustenance  [  SUHS-tuh'-nuh'ns  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. maintenance of life or provision of a means of livelihood 2. the process or act of being sustained 3. something that provides support or

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 02-Jan-14

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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-Jan-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below.   The simply consecutive Complete Edition (CE) numbers did not reflect the individual works (Opus numbers) into which compositions were grouped, Fanna numbers were often used in conjunction with CE numbers. Combined Complete Edition (CE)/Fanna numbering was especially common in the work of Italian groups driving the mid-20th century revival of Vivaldi, such as Gli Accademici di Milano under Piero Santi. Despite the awkwardness of having to overlay Fanna numbers onto the Complete Edition number for meaningful grouping of Vivaldi's oeuvre, these numbers displaced the older Pincherle numbers as the (re-)discovery of more manuscripts had rendered older catalogs obsolete. According to