light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter

having or showing equanimity; even-tempered

excess; overabundance

to cloud over; becloud; obscure

of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation

portraying strict and inflexible judgment

a heterogeneous mixture; jumble

to form small squares or blocks, as floors or pavements; form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern

a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism

a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck

of or related to an offensive, unpleasant, or disgusting as an odor

a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

keen insight; shrewdness

given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating

of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent

of or relating to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal