I'm not sure that these are the exact ones I'd have chosen, but according to Alphadictionary.com, here are the 100 most beautiful words in the English language. Of course, words like "erstwhile" and "quintessential" are beautiful. But "fluke"? I love the word, but I'd classify it as funny rather than beautiful.
Thanks to Ian for bringing this site to my attention.
Bungalow--Chatoyant--Comely--Conflate--Cynosure--Dalliance--Demesne--Demure
Denouement--Desuetude--Desultory--Diaphanous--Dissemble--Dulcet--Ebullient
Effervescent--Efflorescence--Elision--Elixir--Eloquence--Embrocation--Emollient
Ephemeral--Epiphany--Erstwhile--Esculent--Ethereal--Evanescent--Evocative--Fetching
Felicitous--Fluke--Forbearance--Fugacious--Furtive--Gambol--Glamour--Gossamer
Halcyon--Imbrication--Imbroglio--Imbue--Incipient--Ineffable--Ingenue--Inglenook
Insouciance--Inure--Lagniappe--Lagoon--Languor--Lassitude--Leisure--Lilt--Lissome
Lithe--Luxuriant--Mellifluous--Moiety--Mondegreen--Murmur--Nemesis--Niveous
Odalisque--Offing--Onomatopoeia--Opulent--Palimpsest--Panacea--Panoply--Pastiche
Peccadillo--Penumbra--Petrichor--Plethora--Propinquity--Pyrrhic--Quintessential
Ratatouille--Redolent--Riparian--Ripple--Scintilla--Sempiternal--Seraglio--Serendipity
Surreptitious--Sumptuous--Sussurous--Symbiosis--Talisman--Tintinnabulation
Umbrageous--Umbrella--Untoward--Vestige--Viridescent--Waft--Wherewithal
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