Saki  - A  South American monkey.

Timorous - showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence

                          "a timorous voice"

Ughten - the early morning, the period of twilight before dawn

Vardo - gypsy caravan

Wheedle - use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something or give one something.

"she wheedled her way on to the guest list"

Ablaction  - weaning of a child from its mother's milk

breviate a brief compendium; a lawyer's brief

Chirology - study of the hands.

Dies Irae - a Latin hymn sung in a Mass for the dead

Eldritch - weird and sinister or ghostly.
"an eldritch screech"

Floccinaucinihilipilification - setting at little or no value.  

Garrulous - excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

Hurdy Gurdy - a musical instrument, like a violin. PLayed not with a bow but a rosined rim of a wooden wheel turned by a handle.

Indite  (Archaic)- write, compose  

"he indites the wondrous tale of Our Lord"