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Sunday 2.10

calumny /ˈkæləmni/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kal-uhm-nee]

–noun, plural -nies.

1.	a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something: The speech was considered a calumny of the administration.

2.	the act of uttering calumnies; slander; defamation.

Monday 2.11
quasi [kwey-zahy, -sahy, kwah-see, -zee]
–adjective
resembling; seeming; virtual

Tuesday 2.12
interpolation /ɪnˌtɜrpəˈleɪʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[in-tur-puh-ley-shuhn]
–noun

1.	the act or process of interpolating or the state of being interpolated.

2.	something interpolated, as a passage introduced into a text.

3.

Mathematics. a. the process of determining the value of a function between two points at which it has prescribed values. b. a similar process using more than two points at which the function has prescribed values. c. the process of approximating a given function by using its values at a discrete set of points.

Wednesday 2.13
voracious (vô-rā'shəs, və-)
– adjective
1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy

Thursday 2.14
asinine /ˈæsəˌnaɪn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[as-uh-nahyn]
–adjective

1.	foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid

Friday 2.15
cantankerous /kænˈtæŋkərəs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kan-tang-ker-uhs]
–adjective
disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish

Saturday 2.16
ca·thar·sis /kəˈθɑrsɪs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuh-thahr-sis] –noun

1.	the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.

2. Psychaitry.
a. psychotherapy that encourages or permits the discharge of pent-up, socially unacceptable
affects.
b. discharge of pent-up emotions so as to result in the alleviation of symptoms or the
permanent relief of the condition