Provident - prudent, frugal, saving
Unscrupulous - unprincipled, without scruples or principles
Profligate - recklessly wasteful, wildly extravagant
Somber - grave or even gloomy in character, dismal, depressing, melancholy
Allay - lessen the intensity of or calm, alleviate, make quiet
Rueful - mournful, regretful
Impenitent - not penitent or remorseful
Sublime - inspiring awe, to elevate or exalt, indignify
Austere - stern and cold in appearance, strict, ASCETIC
Gadfly - person who stimulates or annoys by persistent criticism
Insipid - lacking interest or significance, dull, flat, BANAL
Expiation - the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
Repose - Verb: lean in a comfortable resting position, Noun: lay to rest
Demur - take exception to, to object
Schism - division of a group into opposing factions, discord, separation
Boon - a desirable state or a blessing, benefit, something very helpful
Imbroglio - intricate, complicated situation
Acrimonious - marked by strong resentment or cynicism, bitter, biting in feeling
Panache - dash or flamboyance in style
Nepotism - favoritism based on kinship
Recidivism - tendency to relapse into a behavior