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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 08-Mar-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         08-Mar-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists evocative  [  ih-VOK-uh'-tiv  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. being remindful 2. tending to arouse emotions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   That painting of children huddled together by the hearth was evocative of a cold winter's night.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   In a scene vividly evocative of the film Flubber, Valencia gets to the byline and crosses. The Telegraph, Carling Cup final: Aston Villa v Manchester United as it happened, Jonathan Liew, 29 February 2010.   complaisant  [  kuh' m-PLEY-suh' nt, -zuh' nt, KOM-pluh'-zant  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   readily willing to please or oblige   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Employers are apt to take advantage of complaisant employees.   USA

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 08-Mar-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.         08-Mar-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day What is the minimum value of the expression ax 2 + bx + c ? a and c are the roots of the equation x 2 − 2 x – 8 = 0. a and b are the roots of the equation x 2   − 5 x + 4 = 0.  OPTIONS     1) 1   2) 2   3) 3   4) 4   5) 5 discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day Do not leave the questions with lots of calculations towards the end. The probability of making silly calculation errors increases towards the end of the test. more tips Last year's Question of the day (07-Mar-13) Choose the combination showing the CORRECT sentences:  A. The fire destroyed what he had spent a lifetime building. B. The man stepped out of the door and slipped on a pebble that was too small to even see. C. This is a picture of

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 07-Mar-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         07-Mar-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of the Week Puzzle # 303 - "Good, Bad and Ugly" 06-Mar-14 I am spending my vacation in the American frontier. Inspired by 'The good, the bad and the ugly' I decide to play the cowboy game. There are ten contestants including me and every contestant is given a gun. The other nine players are the Blondie, Tuko, Mr. Anderson, Dexter, Gimmy, Vincent, Charlie, Red John and Santenza and their probabilities of hitting the target are 1, 0.9, 0.85, 0.8, 0.75, 0.6, 0.3, 0.3, and 0.3  These players have a reputation of being ruthless and let no attack go unavenged. As I am new to the game, my probability of hitting the target is 0.3. I get to fire first for every round followed by the players in the given order. If I survive a round, I get to start the next ro