| Term | Definition |
| paladin | a knight or heroic champion |
| palindrome | a word, phrase, sentence, or number that reads the same backwards and forwards |
| panacea | a remedy for all disease and evil |
| pandemic | widespread, prevelant in a specific area |
| panoply | complete area of something, splendid |
| paraclete | a person called to intercede or advocate |
| paradigm | one that serves as a model |
| paroxysm | a sudden, violent outburst of action or emotion |
| pathetic fallacy | giving human emotion to elements of nature |
| pathos | quality of suffering in someone or something that arouses pity |
| patronize | to appeal to one's ego |
| penicil | the patches of fur on a caterpillar's back |
| peremptory | decisive or final |
| perfidious | unfaithful or disloyal, treacherous |
| perfunctory | performed as routine, duty, hasty and superficial |