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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 17-Mar-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         17-Mar-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists discombobulated  [  dis-kuh'm-BOB-yuh'-ley-tid  ]   [  transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to discompose 2. (tr. v.) to confuse or frustrate 3. (tr. v.) to disconcert   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Some rowdy students at the back of the hall discombobulated the speaker by hooting during his speech.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   It's enough to make even the most conscientious climate change student issue a weary discombobulated sigh. CNN, Keeping track of climate change, Matthew Knight, 5 January 2009.   braggadocio  [  brag-uh'-DOH-shee-oh  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. empty boasting; bragging 2. a person who boasts; braggart   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His braggadocio about his wealth and status irked his

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 17-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.         17-Mar-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day The following question has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.   It was widely reported some years ago, how nearly 7,500 people unknowingly sold their souls to Brit online gaming software retailer, Gamestation. As a prank, the retailer added an 'Immortal Souls' clause to the terms and conditions, legally awarding itself the 'souls' of customers who bought from it. Funny as it may seem, the prank highlights the dubious nature of the terms and conditions that we agree to, most often without actually reading them. Many reports suggest that fewer than 12% of people bother to glance through the ter