n. "This is a _presage_ of victory."

=Prescription=, not _perscription_.

=Prestige=, not _presage_, when it is meant that some one carries
weight or influence from past deeds or successes. "The
_prestige_ of the hero's name was half the battle."

=Presentiment=--pre-sent'i-ment, not pre-zent'i-ment.

=Pretty=--pr[)i]t'ty, not pr[)e]'ty. =Prettily= (pr[)i]t'ti-ly),
etc.

=Preventive=, not _preventative_.

=Primeval=--pr[=i]-m[=e]'val, not pr[)i]m'e-val.

=Process=--pr[)o]s'ess, not pr[=o]'sess.

=Prodigy=, not _projidy_.

=Produce=--pr[)o]d'uce, not pr[=o]'d[=u]ce. The noun; the verb is
pro-d[=u]ce'.

=Product=--pr[)o]d'uct, not pr[=o]'duct.

=Progress=--pr[)o]g'ress, not pro'gress. Noun; the verb is
pro-gress'.

=Prosody=--pr[)o]s'o-dy, not pr[=o]'so-dy nor pr[)o]z'o-dy.

=Protean=--pr[=o]'te-an, not pro-t[=e]'an. Assuming different
shapes.

=Protege= (Fr. protege)--pr[=o]-t[=a]-zh[=a]', not
pr[=o]'t[=e]je. One under the care of another. =Protegee= (Fr.
protegee)--pr[=o]-t[=a]-zh[=a]', feminine.

=Psalm=--saem, not s[)a]m. =Psalmist= (saem'ist). Worcester gives
s[)a]m'ist also for the latter word.

=Psalmody=--s[)a]l'mo-dy, not saem'o-dy nor s[)a]m-o-dy.

=Psychical=--s[=i]'k[)i]k-al, not s[)i]k'[)i]k-al nor
f[)i]z'[)i]k-al, as it is sometimes thoughtlessly pronounced in
reading. Pertaining to the human soul.

=Pumpkin=, not _punkin_. _Pumpkin_ itself is a corruption of
_pumpion_ or _pompion_, but is the word that is now generally
used.

=Purulent=--p[=u]'ru-lent, not p[)u]r'u-lent. Containing pus or
matter. =Purulence= and =purulency= have also the long u in the
first syllable.

=Put=--p[)o][)o]t, not p[)u]t. This anomalous pronunciation is
hard for some to adopt, the natural tendency being to sound the
_u_ as it is in a host of other words consisting of two
consonants with a short u between them, as: bun, but, cut, dug,
fun, gun, hut, nut, etc.

=Pyrites=--p[=i]-r[=i]'tez, not pe-r[=i]'tez, p[)i]r'i-tez nor
p[=i]'r[=i]tez.

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=Qualm=--kwaem, not kw[)a]m. Worcester allows kwawm also.

=Quay=--k[=e], not kw[=a].

=Querulous=, means complaining, whining, etc., and not
_questioning_.

=Quinine=--kw[=i]'n[=i]n