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DICTIONARY OF SYNONYMOUS WORDS.

Patient—resigned, composed, enduring, calm, passive, an invalid.

Peaceable—quiet, mild, gentle.

Peevish—fretful, disagreeable, petulant, cross, captious, irritable.

Penalty—punishment, pain, fine, forfeiture, chastisement.

Penitence—contrition, remorse, compunction, repentance.

Penurious—parsimonious, sparing, miserly, niggardly, beggarly.

Penury—want, poverty, indigence, distress, need.

Perceive—Observe, discern, distinguish.

Perception—belief, conception, sentiment, idea, sensation, notion.

Peremptory—positive, arbitrary, dogmatical, absolute, despotic.

Perfect—done, complete, finished.

Perfidious—false, treacherous, faithless.

Perforate—penetrate, pierce, bore.

Perform—execute, effect, accomplish, produce, achieve, fulfill.

Perfume—odor, smell, scent, fragrance, exhalation.

Period—circuit, date, age, epoch, era.

Permit—allow, suffer, consent, admit, tolerate, yield.

Pernicious—noisome, destructive, mischievous, hurtful, noxious.

Perpetual—uninterrupted, unceasing, incessant, constant, continual.

Perplex—bewilder, annoy, involve, confuse, molest, puzzle, harass, embarrass, entangle.

Persevere—endure, persist, insist, continue, pursue, prosecute.

Perspicuity—clearness, brilliancy, transparency.

Persuade—urge, induce, influence, exhort, entice, prevail upon.

Perverse—stubborn, unmanageable, crooked, cross, untractable.

Pestilential—destructive, mischievous, epidemical, infectious, contagious.

Petition—prayer, supplication, request, suit, entreaty.

Picture—likeness, image, effigy, representation.

Pious—spiritual, devout, godly, religious.

Pique—offense, grudge, dislike, malice, spite, rancor.

Pity—sympathy, commiseration, compassion, condolence, mercy.

Place—position, site, ground, post.

Placid—still, calm, gentle, quiet, tranquil, serene.

Plague—perplex, embarrass, tantalize, annoy, importune, vex, torment.

Plain—perceptible, discernible, manifest, obvious, clear, apparent, evident, distinct.

Plan—design, contrivance, scheme, arrangement, device, project, stratagem.

Pleasant—cheerful, vivacious, agreeable, gay, facetious, jocular, witty.

Please—gratify, satisfy, humor, delight.

Pleasure—Satisfaction, happiness, enjoyment, joy, delight.

Pledge—pawn, calm, tranquil, serene, ruinous, deposit, security, hostage, earnest.

Plentiful—bounteous, abundant, copious, exuberant, plenteous, ample.

Pliant—lithe, limber, yielding, bending, supple, flexible, pliable.

Plight—predicament, situation, state, condition, case, conjuncture.

Plot—plan, arrangement, conspiracy, combination, project, scheme, intrigue.

Polite—courteous, well-bred, polished, civil, refined, genteel, affable.

Politeness—good manners, courtesy, civility, good breeding, suavity.

Politic—wise, careful, artful, civil, cunning, prudent.

Pollute—corrupt, taint, defile, contaminate, infect.

Pompous—lofty, stately, ostentatious, showy, magnificent, dignified.

Ponder—study, reflect, think, muse, consider.

Portion—piece, part, quantity, share, division, dower, fortune.

Positive—confident, certain, real, dogmatic, sure, absolute.

Possess—keep, hold, have, enjoy, occupy.

Postpone—retard, delay, prolong, protract, defer, procrastinate.

Posture—figure, gesture, position, action, attitude.

Potent—powerful, strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible.

Poverty—want, need, penury, indigence, suffering.

Practicable—possible, feasible, available.

Practice—custom, style, form, manner, use, habit.

Praise—eulogize, applaud, laud, admire, commend.

Prayer—application, suit, petition, request, entreaty, supplication.

Precarious—uncertain, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, unreliable.

Precedence—priority, superiority, preference.

Preceding—anterior, previous, prior, antecedent, former, foregoing.

Precept—maxim, rule, principle, injunction, law, doctrine, mandate, command.

Precious—choice, costly, valuable, expensive, uncommon, rare.

Precise—careful, particular, exact, accurate, correct, nice.

Preclude—intercept, prevent, hinder, obviate.

Predicament—Condition, position, situation, plight.

Predict—prophesy, foretell.

Predominant—prevalent, controlling, over-ruling, prevailing, supreme.

Predominate—prevail, rule over.

Preference—advancement, choice, priority.

Prejudice—bias, injury, hurt, disadvantage.

Preliminary—previous, introductory, antecedent, preparatory.

Prepare—arrange, qualify, equip, fit, make ready.

Preposterous—impossible, absurd, foolish, ridiculous.

Prerogative—privilege, immunity.

Prescribe—dictate, ordain, appoint.

Preserve—uphold, maintain, protect, spare, save.

Pressing—urgent, emergent, crowding, importunate, forcing, squeezing.

Presume—guess, suppose, surmise, think, conjecture, believe.

Preuming—forward, presumptuous, arrogant.

Pretext—excuse, pretence, pretension.

Pretty—lovely, beautiful, fine, agreeable.

Prevaling—dominant, ruling, overcoming, prevalent, predominating.

Prevent—impede, obstruct, hinder, obviate, preclude.

Previous—before, prior, anterior, preliminary, introductory.

Price—cost, expense, value, worth.

Pride—self-esteem, arrogance, haughtiness, conceit, ostentation, loftiness, vanity.

Primary—elemental, original, first, pristine.

Principal—main, chief, capital, head, leading, important.

Principle—motive, doctrine, tenet, element, constituent part.

Print—impress, stamp, mark.

Prior—before, previous, former, antecedent, preceding, anterior.

Priority—preference, precedence, pre-eminence.

Pristine—Original, primitive, first.

Privacy—seclusion, solitude, secrecy, retirement, loneliness.

Privilege—prerogative, right, advantage, immunity, exemption.

Probablity—supposition, likelihood, chance.

Probity—reliability, uprightness, honesty, integrity, veracity.

Proceed—progress, arise, advance, emanate, issue.

Proceeding—transaction, course, progression, work.

Proclaim—declare, publish, announce, tell, advertise, promulgate.

Proclivity—liking, tendency, proneness, inclination.

Procure—obtain, acquire, gain.

Prodigal—lavish, extravagant, wasteful.

Prodigious—great, astonishing, vast, large, amazing, monstrous.

Profane—Secular, irreverent, impious, irreligious.

Profession—calling, employment, business, vocation, work, labor.

Proficiency—advancement, progress, improvement.

Profit—gain, advantage, emolument, benefit.

Profligate—depraved, wicked, corrupt, sinful, vicious, abandoned.

Profuse—lavish, wasteful, prodigal, extravagant.

Progeny—descendants, offspring, race, issue.

Project—invent, design, plan, scheme.

Prolific—productive, fertile, fruitful.

Prolix—tiresome, tedious, long, diffuse.

Prolong—extend, delay, protract, postpone, retard, procrastinate.

Prominent—eminent, conspicuous, distinguish.

Promise—agreement, engagement, assurance, declaration, word, obligation, pledge.

Promote—raise, forward, encourage, advance.

Prompt—quick, active, ready, assiduous.