dinary, fair. Antonyms: impassable, impervious,
impenetrable.

passage, n. transit; fare; clause, sentence, paragraph; enactment;
corridor, hall; gangway; slype; pass, defile.

passing, a. exceeding, surpassing; transient, momentary, transitory,
fleeting, impermanent.

passing, adv. exceedingly, surpassingly.

passion, n. suffering, pain, agony; emotion, ardor, feeling, pathos;
wrath, fury, anger; love, infatuation, transport.

passionate, a. irascible, quick-tempered, choleric, excitable,
waspish; ardent, fervid, vehement, impassioned, fervent.

passionless, a. impassive, phlegmatic, stoical, unemotional,
dispassionate, apathetic.

passive, a. inactive, quiet, inert, receptive, quiescent, patient,
unresisting, submissive.

pass over. traverse.

passport, n. pass, safe-conduct; sea letter.

password, n. countersign, watchword, sesame.

past, n. Associated Words: preterist, preterition, pretermission,
preteritive, preterit, aorist, aoristic, retrospect, retrospective,
retrospection, antiquary, antiquity, antiquarian, quondam, antecedent,
antecedence, antecedents.

past, a. bygone, elapsed; preterite, preterit.

pastime, n. amusement, sport, diversion, recreation, divertisement,
entertainment, play, fun.

pastor, n. See clergyman.

pat, a. suitable, fit, convenient, timely, pertinent, appropriate.

patch, n. clout; tract, plot, parcel.--v. mend, repair, vamp,
revamp.

patent, a. evident, obvious, manifest, apparent.

path, n. footway, runway, course, passage, route, avenue, trottoir,
trail; towpath, heelpath, berm.

pathetic, a. plaintive, pitiable, piteous, mournful, sad.

pathless, a. untrodden, unexplored, trackless, impenetrable.

patience, n. long-suffering, fortitude, resignation, submission,
sufferance; indulgence, leniency, forbearance; persistence, diligence,
perseverance. Antonyms: impatience, restiveness, resistance.

patient, a. uncomplaining, submissive, resigned, passive,
long-suffering, indulgent; diligent.

patriotism, n. _amor patriae_. Antonyms: incivism, chauvinism.

patron, n. supporter, promoter, defender, guardian, benefactor;
customer.

patronizing, a. condescending.

pattern, n. model, exemplar, original, prototype, archetype;
specimen, example; copy, reproduction; delineator, protractor. Associated
word: exemplary.

pattern, v. model, copy, imitate, follow.

paunch, n. abdomen.

pauperism, n. penury, indigence.

pauperize, v. impoverish.

pause, n. inter