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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 11-Mar-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         11-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists reproach  [  ri-PROHCH  ]   [  transitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (tr. v.) to blame, rebuke or reprove 2. (tr. v.) to disgrace or discredit 3. (n.) an instance or cause of shame 4. (n.) blame or disapproval   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   She was reproached for leaving the cage door open.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   I do remember, however, that in the meeting on the 13th he stressed that the treatment of the Muslim civilians in Srebrenica will be such as to put the Serbian side beyond any reproach even by the non-benevolent media. Chronicles magzine, Witnessing at The Hague, by Srdja Trifkovic   fervour  [  FUR-ver  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. passion, warmth or earnestness 2. intense heat   USAGE EXAMPL

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 11-Mar-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.         11-Mar-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day The original and most famous example of classical conditioning involved the salivary conditioning of Pavlov's dogs. During his research on the physiology of digestion in dogs, Pavlov noticed that, rather than simply salivating in the presence of meat powder (an innate response to food that he called the unconditional response), the dogs began to salivate in the presence of the lab technician who normally fed them. Pavlov called these psychic secretions. From this observation he predicted that, if a particular stimulus in the dog's surroundings were present when the dog was presented with meat powder, then this stimulus would become associated with food and cause salivation on its own. In his initial experiment, Pavlov