| Term | Definition |
| paladin | heroic champion |
| palindrome | words that reads the same backwards and forwards |
| panacea | a cure for all ills |
| pandemic | practically prevalent everywhere |
| panoply | comeplete array of something large |
| paraclete | person called upon to intercede |
| paradigm | model example |
| paroxysm | fit or outburst of emotion |
| pathetic fallacy | human emotions attributed to nature |
| pathos | pity |
| patronize | to do business with |
| penicil | short tufts of hair on caterpillar |
| peremptory | authoritative tone |
| perfidious | someone disloyal |
| perfunctory | something routine |