alacrity
(n) cheerful promptness and eagerness
centrifugality
(n) a state of moving away from the center
concomitants
(n) accompanying things
concupiscent
(adj) full of sexual desire
decrepit
(adj) old, rundown
erudite
(n) knowledge gained by studying and academia
excelsior
(n) a piece of wood used for packing
floriated
(adj) ornamented with floral designs
floundered
(v) moved about with difficulty in obtaining stability and footing
lucency
(n) a state of being luminous, glowing
magnanimously
(adv) acting in a lofty and generous fashion
malarkey
(n) foolish talk
mallow
(n) a type of herb
mollified
(v) calmed, appeased
panoply
(n) a collection of many things
penance
(n) an act showing remorse for a past deed
peroration
(n) a rhetorical and stylized speech
quavered
(v) uttered something in a trembling tone
sere
(adj) dry, barren
tunicates
(n) any of a subphylum (Urochordata syn. Tunicata) of marine chordate animals (as ascidians) that are filter feeders having a thick secreted covering layer, a greatly reduced nervous system, and only in the larval stage a notochord (m-w.com)
