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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 01-Jan-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         01-Jan-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists obstinate  [  OB-stuh'-nit  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. stubborn, unyielding or mulish 2. difficult to treat or alleviate 3. persistent or refractory   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Being an obstinate and headstrong young man, he frequently clashed with his bosses.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Combine the obstinate mind-set with the strength of a seven-year old chimp—four to eight times as strong as an adult human—and that is a recipe for trouble, Fouts said. National Geographic, Goodall Group Calls for Curtain on Ape "Actors", Jennifer Hile, February 13, 2004   animadversion  [  an-uh'-mad-VUR-zhuh' n, -shuh' n  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. negative criticism 2. a censoriou

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 01-Jan-12

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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.         01-Jan-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day The antigens on cell surfaces are processed by the cells of the body's immune system depending on their antigenicity. Specifically, the antigenicity of the HLA surface proteins depends on whether they are one's own proteins (self-antigens) or whether they are the foreign proteins of another person (non-self-antigens). The HLA proteins on a person's own cells are recognized by their immune system as such, while non-self-antigens will incite an immune response. Originally, MHC proteins were considered of interest only in regards to organ transplantation because transplants in which the donor and recipient cells contained different MHC proteins resulted in organ rejection unless the immune system was suppressed. Furthe

TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 31-Dec-11

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         31-Dec-11 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists peremptory  [  puh'-REMP-tuh'-ree, PER-uh' mp-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. that cannot be challenged, refused or changed 2. dictatorial or imperative 3. (law) one that cannot be questioned, changed or denied 4. assertive in behaviour 5. urgent or commanding in nature   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The District magistrate issued a peremptory command to the police to quell the riots.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   While he still makes placatory noises about the Left, his erstwhile allies are yet to stop smarting from the peremptory manner in which they were asked to get off the bus. The Times of India, Terror, inflation may dampen N-celebrations, Rajeev Deshpande,TNN, 3 Oct 2008   archetype  [  AHR-ki-tahyp  ]   [  noun  ]   MEAN