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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 15-Mar-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         15-Mar-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists truce  [  troos  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. a cease-fire 2. a peace treaty   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Peace talks were underway and everyone hoped that the truce would be permanent.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   The main armed rebel group in oil-rich southern Nigeria has said it was prolonging by 30 days its truce which expired at midnight. The Telegraph, Nigerian rebel group extends ceasefire, 16 September 2009   harry  [  HAR-ee  ]   [  intransitive verb, transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to harass or annoy 2. (tr. v.) to worry about 3. (tr. v.) to ravage or wreak havoc on by repeated attacks 4. (intr. v.) to make harassing incursions   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   He was harried by his neighbour's abusive

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 15-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.         15-Mar-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the information given in the passage. The idea of the electric car has captured the imaginations of innovators as the apotheosis of an environmentally responsible future. They are often sold as “zero emissions” vehicles. However, the manufacturing process that produces electric cars – especially their batteries – requires an enormous amount of energy, most of it generated with fossil fuels. A life-cycle analysis shows that almost half of an electric car’s entire CO2 emissions result from its production, more than double the emissions resulting from the production of a gasoline-powered car. Moreover, the electricity required to charge an electric car is overwhelmingly produced with fossil fuels. Yes,

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 14-Mar-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         14-Mar-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of the Week Puzzle #304 - "Kabab and the Seilsea players" 13-Mar-14 A group 'Seilsea' of 40 footballers is kidnapped by the terrorist group of Kabab. The head of the terrorists, Kabab, himself is very fond of football. So, he decides to give a chance to the Seilsea players to save their lives. He gathers all of them and says, “I am going to give you folks one chance to survive. There is a room having two bulbs. However, I will not disclose the current states of the bulbs. Tonight all of you will be kept together & I am going to shift you into individual cells first thing in the morning. After that you won't be able to contact each other at any point of time. One of you will be sent to the room whenever I feel so. You can turn ON or OFF exactly one of th