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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 11-Aug-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         11-Aug-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists paraplegic  [  par-uh'-PLEE-jee-uh', -juh'  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. someone who is suffering from paraplegia 2. one who is afflicted by the paralysis of the lower half of the body due to some injury to the spinal cord   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The paraplegic in the hospital refused medication as he did not wish to live any longer.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Mikheyev threw himself out his cell window to escape his tormentors, landed on a police motorcycle and broke his back, rendering him a paraplegic. Newsweek, Russia: A Phone Call to Putin, Anna Nemtsova, Mar 13, 2006   harlequin  [  HAHR-luh'-kwin, -kin  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a comic character usu. wearing a mask, ti

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 11-Aug-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-Aug-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Let n be a positive integer. Let k be the number which needs to be subtracted from n to get the nearest perfect square less than or equal to n and let l be the number which needs to be added to n to get the nearest perfect square more than or equal to n . If ( n – kl ) has p number of factors then which of the following is definitely true? OPTIONS     1) p must be a prime   2) p is square of an odd number   3) p 2 is of (4 k + 1) type   4) None of the above discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day Make it a point to be abreast of current affairs while preparing for GD/PI – read one daily newspaper with the business section, and if possible a business newspaper as well. more tips Last year's Ques

TESTfunda Puzzle of the Week 10-Aug-12

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Puzzle of the Week on the Web.         10-Aug-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Puzzle of Week Puzzle # 221 - Of Witchcraft and Wizardry 09-Aug-12 Diagon Alley was a location of furious activities during the last week of the English summer vacation. Harry and four of his friends stopped by today morning to buy certain stuffs for their next academic year in Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Each one wanted to buy a magic wand. Each wand was of different length, colour and the core of each wand had a different component. They had also gone to buy a pet for themselves and each of them either bought an owl, a cat or a frog. The colours of the pets were distinct. 1. Ron’s wand core wasn’t thestral tail hair but the length was 8 and a quarter inches. Neville got an owl as a pet. 2. The two friends who got cats were the one who got the brown coloured pe