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Question of the Day (05-Dec-20)

TestFunda — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:00:00 Z

In ∆ABC, AM and CN are medians to the sides BC and AB, respectively. If AM and CN are perpendicular to each other, AM = 9 cm and CN = 6 cm, then ∠BAC =

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Puzzle #077 - The Ghost of CAT Future - Puzzle of the Week (05-Dec-20)

TestFunda — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 Z

The two ghosts, Vandana and Jayshri, spent Diwali in the bottles as they could not solve the previous puzzle (Revenge is Sweeeeeet). One evening while Ketaki & Roshni continued their preparation for CAT, the lights went off as usual. A bolt of lightning hit the table at the centre of the room and a bat appeared on the table. The bat circled the room once and transfigured into a ferocious-looking woman! She introduced herself as Joyce - The Ghost of CAT Future. She gave the 2 bottles one disdainful look and snapped her fingers. On the table, popped a board with six coins on it representing an ongoing game and two empty glass bottles akin to the ones in which Jayshri and Vandana lay trapped.

Said Joyce, "You two are mighty proud after trapping my sisters, aren't you? Why don't you pick on someone your own size. On this table is a game of Tic-Tac-Toe in progress. It was being played by my sisters before you two trapped them. Vandana played the orange play pieces while Jayshri played the green ones. Now tell me, had this game continued, who would've won? If you cannot answer my question, you two will be cursed into spending the next one year inside these two empty bottles just like how you've made my poor sisters suffer. And, yeah, you guys can wave a nice goodbye to CAT 2009."

"By the way, in case you don't remember the rules of the game, let's refresh your memory:

It's each player for himself/herself. If a player manages to place three of his/her pieces in a straight line (horizontal, vertical or diagonal), he/she wins.

If he/she cannot do so during the current turn, the player tries to thwart his/her opponent's victory by placing his own play piece in a row containing two of the opponent's play pieces."

"Thought you were too smart for CAT, huh? Let's see how smart you two really are!"

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Daily WordList (05-Dec-20)

TestFunda — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:00:00 Z

centrifuge [ SEN-truh'-fyooj ]

[noun,transitive verb]

MEANING :

1. (n.) an apparatus that rotates at high speed to separate substances of different densities by centrifugal force
2. (n.) an apparatus which is used to simulate the effects of acceleration in a spacecraft
3. (tr. v.) to subject to rotary action in an apparatus

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

Centrifuges which are used at apiaries harvest the honey without damaging the honeycombs.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

At the end of Mr Salehi's speech, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stepped onto the stage and pulled back a curtain to reveal one of the new centrifuges.
BBC, Iran unveils 'faster' uranium centrifuges, 9 April 2010.

orthography [ awr-THOG-ruh'-fee ]

[noun]

MEANING :

1. the art of correct spelling
2. the part of language study related to letters and spelling
3. the method of representing the sounds of a language by written symbols or spelling

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

A few proponents of orthography believe that homophones are unnecessary, as every word in the English language could have been given a unique spelling with corresponding pronunciation.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Perhaps this is most obvious when an effort has been made to apply the convention of English orthography to represent a Welsh name.
BBC, The English language and Welsh place names, 13 May 2010.

atrocity [ uh-TROS-i-tee ]

[noun]

MEANING :

1. the quality or state of being shocking or horrifying
2. an extremely evil or cruel act or behaviour

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

Many officers from the German army were executed by a military court after being found guilty of atrocities during the Second World War.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

The worst atrocity was the massacre of as many as 8,000 Bosnian men and boys in the U.N.-protected town of Srebrenica in 1995, after the enclave was overrun by Bosnian Serb troops.
CNN, Ex-prosecutor: Accused war criminals use trials to appeal to fringe, Tom Evans, 15 April 2010.

insalubrious [ in-suh'-LOO-bree-uh's ]

[adjective]

MEANING :

1. unfavourable or not conductive to good health
2. not wholesome

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

Many elderly people moved out of town because of the insalubrious conditions caused by pollutants.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Eton, with its fogs, had been rejected as insalubrious.
The Telegraph, Jonkheer Frederik 'Pico' Groeninx van Zoelen, 29 March 2010.

beguile [ bih-GAHYL ]

[transitive verb]

MEANING :

1. to deceive by trickery or influence by flattery
2. to take away from by deceiving or cheating
3. to charm, divert or distract
4. to amuse or delight
5. to pass time in a pleasant manner

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

The old couple were beguiled of their savings by the sweet talking fund manager.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Steve Punt turns private investigator, examining little mysteries that perplex, amuse and beguile.
BBC, Punt PI, 2 Oct 2008.