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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 02-May-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         02-May-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists irresolute  [  i-REZ-uh'-loot  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   doubtful, vacillating, indecisive, unstable or inconstant   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   His irresolute attitude causes a lot of confusion as deadlines are not met.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   This approach yields some alarming and even beautiful effects; but such stage magic requires a fully abstracted set rather than the irresolute compromise of Tom Piper's design. Telegraph, Royal, gaudy fate, By Irving Wardle, 20 Feb 2009   lucubrate  [  LOO-kyoo'-breyt  ]   [  intransitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. to write in a learned manner 2. to work or study hard especially late into the night   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The critic lucubrated on all the ideas ex

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 02-May-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.         02-May-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Answer the question based on the passage given below. Like so many reform movements in the history of religion, the Buddha's teaching aimed at restoring the purity of an existing creed. The Buddha sought to strip the Upanishadic teachings of the corruptions that had enveloped them. Thus, he restored the ethical basis of the doctrines of karma and reincarnation, which the priests had made dependent on the performance of ritual rather than on moral behavior. He also repudiated the belief that only members of the Brahmin caste could attain release from the wheel of birth and rebirth, insisting that release was possible for everyone regardless of caste. Nor was there any place in his system for the popular gods of Hinduism. Thus, Buddhism b

TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 01-May-14

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          01-May-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs: MBA | Bank In this section you can go through all the important news and latest happenings around the world. It covers important news from the point of view of MBA and Bank exams.