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