1 base

2 mean

3 despicable

1 vile

2 nasty

3 of very poor quality

1 spot

2 colored patch

3 stripe

4 spotted

5 striped

6 variegated

1 spot

2 stain

3 speckle

1 freckles

1 survival of the fittest (idiom)

1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia

1 lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the panther) (idiom)

2 fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture

1 lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view