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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 09-Mar-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         09-Mar-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists trudge  [  truhj  ]   [  noun, intransitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to walk heavily and laboriously 2. (n.) a laborious walk   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The hikers were tired as evening drew on and they trudged wearily on their way home.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   And when the losers trudge off, beaten and vanquished, they can console themselves with the thought that they are far from alone in their abject disappointment. BBC, Final expectations at fever pitch, Paul Fletcher, 29 June 2008   contortions  [  kuh'n-TAWR-shuh'n  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. distortions or the act or process of twisting 2. the state or position of being twisted 3. bent out of shape   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was evident th

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 09-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.         09-Mar-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below.   Abraham Lincoln was without question America's greatest president. However, few know much about the final days of this man who once begged his fellow citizens to be guided by the "better angels of their nature." Lincoln was constantly receiving death threats and soon began to put them out of his mind. His paramount concern in life was to preserve the Union he loved so much. Nevertheless, several days before his death, Lincoln told his friend Ward Laymen of a very disturbing dream he had the night before. In his dream, sobbing coming from the downstairs portion of the White House awakens Lincoln. He rises from his bed and walks down the stairs but sees no one