Taciturn
Silent; quiet
Cantankerous
Ill-tempered
Predilection
Preference
Prerogative
A right, or privilege
Tedious
Long and tiresome; boring
Ominous
Portending evil or harm, foreboding, threatening, menacing
Melancholy
Sadness, gloomy
Haughty
Arrogant
Innate
Born with, comes naturally
Apprehension
Suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil
Squander
To spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully
Duress
Force or coercion
Brevity
Shortness of time or duration; brief
Frivolous
Not important, trivial
Malevolent
Bad; evil