LETTER PATTERNS IV
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)
Beggar
Reluctant
Germane
Traveling from place to place

2)
Temperature scale where water freezes at 0 degrees
One on the lam
Leisurely stroll in a public place or grand march
Procession of riders, vehicles, etc.

3)
Arousing or stimulating interest or discussion
Curious
Not fully worked out, provisional
Very profitable

4)
Boldness
Excessive talking
Truth
Quality of being impervious to light

5)
Speak in a pompous, dogmatic manner
Be deliberately ambiguous to avoid commitment
Eliminate, get rid of
Return, as a favor or invitation

Answers:

1)
MENDICANT
HESITANT
RELEVANT
ITINERANT

2)
CENTIGRADE
RENEGADE
PROMENDADE
CAVALCADE

3)
PROVOCATIVE
INQUISITIVE
TENTATIVE
LUCRATIVE

4)
AUDACITY
LOQUACITY
VERACITY
OPACITY

5)
PONTIFICATE
EQUIVOCATE
ERADICATE
RECIPROCATE