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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 17-Feb-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         17-Feb-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists purveyor  [  per-VEY-er  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a person who provides or supplies 2. (n.) a person who supplies provisions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was the purveyor of rations to the poor villages.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   He had delivered countless grams in the last few weeks; he hated being the purveyor of the bad news they contained. The dreaded telegram, William, 03 2009   numismatist  [  noo-MIZ-muh'-tist  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a person who specialized in coins 2. the study and collection of coins 3. a coin collector   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He told his parents that he wanted to become a numismatist and work in the Department of Coins and Medals at a museum.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   No v

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 17-Feb-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.         17-Feb-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day The following question contains a paragraph with a missing sentence or part of a sentence. Choose the option that most logically completes the paragraph: CH4 has a short lifetime in the Martian atmosphere, meaning that some source on the Red Planet must replenish it. Intriguingly, some 95% of atmospheric methane on Earth is produced by microbes, which has led some to propose the possibility of a biosphere deep beneath the Martian surface. But the gas can be produced by geological processes too, most notably by volcanism. ____________. OPTIONS     1) Definitive conclusions are likely to be elusive, but the spacecraft's Methane Sensor for Mars instrument will aim to make measurements and map any potential sources of methane "plumes