fluent speaking skillful use of language

• eloquence
• connoisseur
• opaqueness
• incursion

strength

• combustion
• tautology
• puissance
• partisan

feeling of regret for one's action

• highbrow
• compunction
• demagogue
• imbroglio

cruel killing of a large number of people

• talon
• sawdust
• massacre
• catalyst

metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument

• enigma
• equipoise
• calipers
• dwarf

taste flavor something

• fleet
• repast
• savor
• prudence

can be felt touched understood

• imprecation
• enigma
• eloquence
• palpability

a supporting bar

• extrovert
• brass
• strut
• pitfall

a long passionate speech

• elegy
• harangue
• cornucopia
• imprecation

skill (esp. in handling)

• deposition
• prudence
• chisel
• dexterity