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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| pathos | noun | The experience put him a mood of pathos. | arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, or sorrow |
| patrimony | noun | We lived on money based on patrimony. | inheritance from a father |
| patronize | verb | We often patronize our local food market. | to go as a customer |
| verb | He often patronizes his haughty mother. | to treat in a condescending manner | |
| pauper | noun | His uncle is homeless and a pauper. | one who is extremely poor |
| pawn | noun | The first chess piece he moved was a pawn. | chess piece of the lowest value |
| verb | For money he pawned his expensive watch. | something given as security for a loan | |
| peculate | verb | He would peculate money from his employer. | to embezzle funds |
| pedagogy | noun | Teachers must study the science of pedagogy. | the art of teaching |
| pedantic | adj. | He had a pedantic attention to details. | having a narrow concern for book learning |