nebbish (en)

(noun) a timid, meek, or ineffectual person

pallid (en)

(adjective) deficient in color; wan / (adjective) lacking sparkle or liveliness; dull

plangent (en)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

wainscoting (en)

(noun) wainscot / (noun) material used to wainscot a surface / (verb) to line with or as if with boards or paneling