having a ready insight into and understanding of things

combat with the fists

severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance

a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things

eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define

natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous

to blow or breathe (something) in

impressively or overwhelmingly large, luxurious, etc.

not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties

a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion

to bear or conduct (oneself); behave

to glide toward the earth in an airplane, with no motor power or with the power shut off

the act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand

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

to fuse into one entity; merge

unwilling to spend money or use resources