LETTER PATTERNS I
Credit: The Word's The Thing
Dr. Louis D. Appel

Each set of clues below can be answered with words which end in the same letter pattern.

1)
Praise or honor
Staircase handrail
False show or pretense
Fruit preserve

2)
Right or privilege
Status quo supporter
Tending to inhibit, as prices
Much smaller than average

3)
Amount of space that can be filled
Begging
Extraordinary talent at an early age
Act of appalling brutality

4)
Conceited
Repetitious
Hesitant
Very offensive

5)
Lie
Put off until tomorrow
Give up an office or right
Show involvement, as in a crime

Answers:

1)
ACCOLADE
BALUSTRADE
MASQUERADE
MARMALADE

2)
PREROGATIVE
CONSERVATIVE
PROHIBITIVE
DIMINUTIVE

3)
CAPACITY
MENDACITY
PRECOCITY
ATROCITY

4)
ARROGANT
REDUNDANT
RELUCTANT
REPUGNANT

5)
FABRICATE
PROCRASTINATE
ABDICATE
IMPLICATE