LETTER PATTERNS XIII

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

 

1)

Manly

Delicate

Pertaining to touch

Ready for marriage (said of a woman)

 

2)

Marriage

Bitter speech

Monetary allowance in divorce

Domination of one state by another 

3)

Echo

Intellectually deep

Present and explain

Envelop

4)

Lying down

Office holder

Like a sponge

Glowing, flickering with a soft radiance

5)

Urgent

Destitute

Convincing

Failing to take proper care 

Answers:

 

1)

Virile

Fragile

Tactile

Nubile

 

2)

Matrimony

Acrimony

Alimony

Hegemony

 

3)

Resound

Profound

Expound

Surround

 

4)

Recumbent

Incumbent

Absorbent

Lambent

 

5)

Exigent

Indigent

Cogent 

Negligent