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TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 04-Feb-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         04-Feb-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists chimerical  [  ki-MER-i-kuh'l  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   1. imaginary 2. unrealistic or highly fanciful 3. highly unlikely or improbable   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   It was a chimerical concept and had no practical application.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Norman Stone, director and producer of The Narnia Code, to be screened on BBC2 at Easter, says the theory is the "best explanation yet" for the chimerical nature of the books. The Telegraph, Secret theme behind Narnia Chronicles is based upon the stars, says new research, Alastair Jamieson, 30 November 2008.   dumbfound  [  duhm-FOUND, DUHM-found  ] ...

TESTfunda - CAT Question of the Day 04-Feb-14

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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.         04-Feb-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day ∆ABC is a right angled triangle. m∠ABC = 90°, side BC touches a circle at point B and side AC touches the same circle at point D. The circle intersects AB at another point M. If BC = 18 units and AM = 6 units, find the radius of the circle. OPTIONS     1) 3 units   2) 6 units   3) 9 units   4) 10 units   5) 5 units discuss | yesterday's solution | more questions Tip of the Day Show your CV to peers, or seniors/superiors for comments before finalising the same. It helps to get a second opinion. more tips Last year's Question of the day (03-Feb-13) Three of the sentences labelled A, B, C and D form part of a paragraph. One sentence is out of context. Choose the ODD...

TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 03-Feb-14

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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         03-Feb-14 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists atavism  [  AT-uh'-viz-uh'm  ]   [  noun  ]   MEANING :   1. the reappearance of characteristics of some remote ancestor, in an individual, that have been absent for some generations 2. a throwback or a reversion to an earlier type   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   The proud father explained to his wife that the sixth toe on the left foot of their baby was due to atavism.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   Murray is neither sentimental nor whimsical when he writes about this atavism on the edge of our world; as a Hebridean native himself, he understands the culture as a living and changing thing, mourning the loss of people first, and folk-w...