LETTER PATTERNS VI
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)
Ponder
Waver
Imitate
Surrender

2)
Trivial
Gallant
Huge
Eminent

3)
Given to self-inflicted pain
Using a mild word for a strong one
Exaggerated
Bitterly caustic, as words

4)
Dilemma
Limit
Serving as a model
Prison

5)
Oil for a motor, for example
Enthusiastically happy
Winning team member, perhaps
Germane

Answers:

1)
CONTEMPLATE
VACILLATE
EMULATE
CAPITULATE

2)
FRIVOLOUS
CHIVALROUS
PRODIGIOUS
PRESTIGIOUS

3)
MASOCHISTIC
EUPHEMISTIC
HYPERBOLIC 
VITRIOLIC


4)
QUANDARY
BOUNDARY
EXEMPLARY
PENITENTIARY

5)
LUBRICANT
EXUBERANT
CELEBRANT
RELEVANT