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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 01-Nov-11

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         01-Nov-11 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists goad  [  gohd  ]   [  noun, intransitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to provoke, prod or urge into action 2. (n.) a stimulus or a painful object used to urge   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Shepherds in Scotland use a goad to drive cattle.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Polo gave to the age of exploration that followed the marvels of the East, the strange customs, the fabulous riches, the tribes with gold teeth. It was a Book of Dreams, an incentive, a goad. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time, Travels, by Marco Polo (1298)   ambience  [  AM-bee-uh' ns; Fr. ahn*-BYAHN*S  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   atmosphere, feeling or mood associated with a plac

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 01-Nov-11

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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-Nov-11 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day White balls, each of radius 6.5 cm, are floating in blue paint. While floating, the top of each ball is 4 cm above the paint surface. Now, if the paint is in a cuboid shaped vessel with base dimensions as 100 cm × 10 cm and height 10 cm; and there are 2 balls floating in this vessel, the total area in blue that a bird flying exactly above the vessel sees is: OPTIONS     1)   2)   3)   4) discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day Some DI questions like highest increase, sharpest fall etc. that involve line graphs can be answered by looking at the slope of the graphs. One need not calculate actual values using absolute figures for these questions. more tips Last year's Question of the day (3

TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 31-Oct-11

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         31-Oct-11 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists glower  [  GLOU-er  ]   [  noun, intransitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (intr. v.) to scowl or stare with anger 2. (n.) an annoyed or resentful look   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The comedian's spoof on the Father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi made the people in the audience glower.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   When I go for my morning walk, I glower at any vehicle in my stride; an hour later on the same stretch, the equation is totally reversed. THE TIMES OF INDIA, Run over by life? Get streetsmart, 16 Dec 2007, Bachi Karkaria   affinity  [  uh'-FIN-i-tee  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. a natural attraction to a person, thing, idea etc 2. an inherent likeness or agreement between persons and th