LETTER PATTERNS XV

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

1)

University

Say without proof

Special right or advantage

Violation of something regarded a sacred 

2)

Thrifty

Wasteful

Renaissance song

Pertaining to marriage

3)

Scrap, as a rocket launch

Frisk about

Blackmail

Rest and relaxation destination

4)

Expressing something forcibly and clearly

Tied up in red tape

Having to do with guns and bullets

Reverting to past characteristics

 

5)

Upstart

Innocent, unsophisticated young woman

Income

Group of attendants to an important person

 

Answers:

 

1)

College

Allege

Privilege

Sacrilege

 

2)

Frugal

Prodigal

Madrigal

Conjugal

 

3)

Abort

Cavort

Extort

Resort

 

4)

Emphatic

Bureaucratic

Ballistic

Atavistic 

 

5)

Parvenue

Ingenue

Revenue

Retinue