PA"STORAL, _a._ rural; rustic; imitating shepherds
PATHE"TIC, _a._ affecting the pa.s.sions; moving
PA"THOS, _s._ pa.s.sion; warmth; affection of the mind
PA"THWAY, _s._ a road; a narrow way to be pa.s.sed on foot.
PA"TIENCE, _s._ the power of suffering; perseverance
PA"TIENTLY, _ad._ with steadfast resignation; with hopeful confidence
PA"TRIARCH, _a._ one who governs by paternal right; the father and ruler of a family
PA"THIMONY, _s._ an estate possessed by inheritance
PA"TRIOT, _s._ one who loves his country
PA"TRON, _s._ one who countenances, supports, or protects; defender
PEA"CEABLE, _a._ not quarrelsome; not turbulent
PE"CTORAL, _a._ belonging to the breast
PECU"LIAR, _a._ appropriate; not common to other things; particular
PECULIARITY, _s._ particularity; something found only in one
PE"DESTAL, _a._ the lower member of a pillar; the basis of a statue
PE"DIMENT, _s._ an ornament that finishes the fronts of buildings, and serves as a decoration over gates
PE"NANCE, _s._ infliction, either public or private, suffered as an expression of repentance for sin
PE"NDULOUS, _a._ hanging
PE"NETRATE, _v.a._ enter beyond the surface; make way into a body; affect the mind
PENINSULA, _s._ laud almost surrounded by water
PE"NURY, _s._ poverty; indigence
PE"OPLE, _s._ a nation; the vulgar
PERCEI"VE, _v.a._ discover by some sensible effects; know; observe
PERCE"PTIBLE, _a._ such as may be known or observed
PERFECTION, _s._ the state of being perfect
PERFO"RM, _v.a._ execute; do; accomplish
PE"RFORATE, _v.a._ pierce with a tool; bore
PERHA"PS, _ad._ peradventure; may be
PE"RIL, _s._ danger; hazard; jeopardy
PE"RIOD, _s._ length of duration; a complete sentence from one full stop to another; the end or conclusion
PE"RISIH, _v.n._ die; be destroyed; be lost; come to nothing
PE"RMANENT, _a._ durable; unchanged; of long continuance
PERNI"CIOUS, _a._ destructive; baneful
PERPENDICULAR, _a._ a straight line up and down
PERPE"TUAL, _a._ never-ceasing; continual
PERPLE"X, _v.a._ disturb; distract; tease; plague
PERPLE"XITY, _s._ anxiety; entanglement
PE"RSECUTE, _v.a._ to hara.s.s or pursue with malignity
PERSEVE"RANCE, _s._ persistence in any design or attempt; constancy in progress
PERTINA"CITY, _s._ obstinacy; stubbornness; constancy
PERTURBA"TION, _s._ restlessness; disturbance
PERU"SAL, _s._ the act of reading
PETI"TION, _s._ request; entreaty; single branch or article of prayer
PHA"LANX, _s._ a troop of men closely embodied
PHENO"MENON, _s._ appearance
PHILOSOPHER, _s._ a man deep in knowledge
PHILOSOPHICAL, _a._ belonging to philosophy
PHILO"SOPHY, _s._ moral or natural knowledge
PHY"SICAL, _a._ relating to nature or to natural philosophy; medicinal; relating to health
PICTO"RIAL, _a._ produced by a painter