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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 23-Sep-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         23-Sep-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists skirmish  [  SKUR-mish  ]   [  noun, intransitive verb  ]   MEANING :   1. (n.) a fight between troops 2. (n.) any brisk dispute or encounter 3. (intr. v.) to engage in a fight or conflict   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The police had to intervene as the skirmish among the fans was getting out of hand.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Sixteen German police officers were slightly hurt and 15 England fans arrested after a skirmish in Cologne. BBC, England fans held after skirmish, 30 June 2006.   skulduggery  [  skuhl-DUHG-uh'-ree  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   crafty trickery or unscrupulous be...

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 23-Sep-13

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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.         23-Sep-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day A mathematics professor has 100 students in his class. Since he wants to give one question to each student as assignment, he asks the first student to pick a chit with a question number written on it. This student picks question number 18. The professor performs some calculations and assigns question 63 to the second student. Performing the same calculations, he assigns question numbers 27, 45 and 9 to the third, fourth and fifth student respectively. What question number will he assign to the 78 th student, if one question can be assigned to more than one student? OPTIONS     1) 18   2) 63   3) 27   4) 36   5) None of the above discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions T...

TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 22-Sep-13

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         22-Sep-13 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists solvent  [  SOL-vuh' nt  ]   [  noun, adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. (adj.) capable of meeting or repaying legal debts 2. (adj.) capable of dissolving 3. (n.) a substance dissolving another when forming a solution 4. (n.) one providing a solution   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   Solvent funds are the need of the hour.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Illegal sales of aerosols containing solvents took place in 95% of shops checked by a survey in Derbyshire. BBC, Shop sting reveals solvent sales, 24 March, 2005   salacious  [  suh'-LEY-shuh's  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. lecherous 2. prom...