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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| perpetuate | verb | Sons tend to perpetuate the sins of fathers. | to cause to continue indefinitely |
| perseverance | noun | With perseverance we will succeed. | steady persistence in adhering to a cause |
| personify | verb | Paintings can often personify their painters. | an inanimate object can reflect a living object |
| perspire | verb | Hard work in the sun will cause you to perspire. | excrete perspiration from the skin |
| pertain | verb | That law does not pertain to us. | to have reference; relate |
| pertinacity | noun | Pertinacity seems to be his creed. | holding tenaciously to a purpose or opinion |
| pervade | verb | Evil seems to pervade most of his thoughts. | to be present throughout; permeate |
| perverse | adj. | He had a most perverse attitude. | directed away from what is right or good |
| pervert | noun | His analysis perverted the meaning we intended. | to interpret incorrectly; distort |
| pessimistic | adj. | She always had a pessimistic attitude. | a tendency to stress the negative |