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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 26-Apr-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         26-Apr-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists idée fixe  [  ee-dey FEEKS  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   an idea that one has entertained for a long time; a fixed idea; obsession   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The British psychedelic band Pink Floyd's idee fixe of incorporating technology in music was considered ahead of its time.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Again, Berlioz's idée fixe puts in an appearance, with a heart-pounding variation for cellos and basses over which the theme itself floats in fragments. BBC, Meet the Phil 2006/07   expurgate  [  EK-sper-geyt  ]   [  transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. to remove obscene, objectionable or vulgar passages from a book 2. to purge, cleanse or rid of obscenities or morally offensive things   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The publishe

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 26-Apr-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.         26-Apr-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Choose the grammatically correct option. To be sure, democracy has proved to be an extraordinary instrument  to transform an ancient country  to a twenty-first-century success story.  Only a democracy could have engineered such remarkable change. OPTIONS     1) A only   2) B, C and D   3) A and D only   4) B and D only discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day Read the instructions for Data Sufficiency questions carefully as there are more than one variants of these instructions and the correct option you mark may change as per these. more tips Last year's Question of the day (25-Apr-13) What is the maximum possible number of intersection points between three lines, five circles and seven triangles

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 25-Apr-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         25-Apr-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of the Week Puzzle #310 - "Gaurav's Generational Grouse" 24-Apr-14 There is a mansion near New Market in Kolkata. 20 members of a family (from 5 different generations) stay together in that mansion. Gaurav is going to visit this family next week, but he has had a long-held grouse that he can never match the various member of the family to their respective generations. His father gave him the following information to help him out. Help Gaurav identify the different members in each generation of the family. 1.    The number of members in the 4 th , 5 th , 3 rd , 1 st and 2 nd generation forms an increasing A.P. 2.    There are half dozen married couples in the family. 3.    V is the only daughter of T. 4.    Y got married to H in the same year when E got married to F.