wizened

wizened (adj.) dry, shrunken, wrinkled

vapid

vapid (adj.) lacking liveliness, dull

taciturn

taciturn (adj.) not inclined to talk

staid

staid (adj.) sedate, serious, self-restrained 

quagmire

quagmire (n.) a difficult situation

obsequious

obsequious (adj.) excessively compliant or submissive

petulance

petulance (n.) rudeness, irritability

magnanimous

magnanimous (adj.) noble, generous

languid

languid (adj.) sluggish for fatigue or weakness

ignominious

ignominious (adj.) humiliating, disgracing

maelstrom

maelstrom (n.) a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

anathema

anathema (n.) a cursed, detested person

curmudgeon

curmudgeon (n.) a crusty, ill-tempered and usually old man

concomitant

concomitant (adj.) accompanying in a subordinate fashion

dour

dour (adj.) gloomy, sullen

acumen

acumen (n.) keen insight

officious

officious (adj.) offering one’s services when they are neither wanted nor needed

penitence

penitence (n.) sorrow for sins or faults

indolent

indolent (adj.) averse to activity, effort, or movement; habitually lazy

complicity

complicity (n.)  association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act

scion

scion (i.)  descendant, child