1: An obsessive impulse to steal regardless of economic need.
klepto·mani·ac (n.), klepto·ma·nia·cal (adj.).
25 November, 2003
cor·rob·o·rate
1: (v.) To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain. The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. --I. Taylor.
[syn: confirm, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [syn: validate]
2: To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. --I. Watts.
cor·rob·o·rat·ed, cor·rob·o·rat·ing, cor·rob·o·rates (v.), cor·robo·ration (n.), cor·robo·rative, cor·robo·ra·tory (adj.), cor·robo·rator (n.).
[syn: confirm, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [syn: validate]
2: To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. --I. Watts.
cor·rob·o·rat·ed, cor·rob·o·rat·ing, cor·rob·o·rates (v.), cor·robo·ration (n.), cor·robo·rative, cor·robo·ra·tory (adj.), cor·robo·rator (n.).
24 November, 2003
dearth
1: (n.) A scarce supply; a lack: “the dearth of uncensored, firsthand information about the war” (Richard Zoglin).
2: (n.) Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.
2: (n.) Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.
23 November, 2003
mit·i·gate
1: (v.) To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate. This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions. --Burke.
mit·i·gat·ed, mit·i·gat·ing, mit·i·gates (v.), miti·gation (n.), miti·gative or miti·ga·tory, miti·ga·ble (adj.)
[Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay.]
mit·i·gat·ed, mit·i·gat·ing, mit·i·gates (v.), miti·gation (n.), miti·gative or miti·ga·tory, miti·ga·ble (adj.)
[Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay.]
bla·sé
1: (adj.) Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence. his blase indifference/ a petulent blase air
2: (adj.) Unconcerned; nonchalant: had a blasé attitude about housecleaning.
3: (adj.) Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world. the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'
2: (adj.) Unconcerned; nonchalant: had a blasé attitude about housecleaning.
3: (adj.) Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world. the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'
skulk
1: (v.) To lie in hiding, as out of cowardice or bad conscience; lurk.
2: (v.) To move about stealthily.
3: (v.) To evade work or obligation; shirk.
4: (n.) A congregation of vermin, especially foxes, or of thieves.
5: (n.) One who hides, lurks, or practices evasion.
2: (v.) To move about stealthily.
3: (v.) To evade work or obligation; shirk.
4: (n.) A congregation of vermin, especially foxes, or of thieves.
5: (n.) One who hides, lurks, or practices evasion.
sar·to·ri·al
1: (adj.) Of or relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing: sartorial elegance.
2: (adj.) Anat. Of or pertaining to the sartorius muscle.
3: Our legs skulked under the table as free from sartorial impertinences as those of the noblest savages. --Lowell
2: (adj.) Anat. Of or pertaining to the sartorius muscle.
3: Our legs skulked under the table as free from sartorial impertinences as those of the noblest savages. --Lowell