te, perfumer,
perfumery.

perhaps, adv. perchance, peradventure, possibly, haply.

peril, n. See danger.

perilous, a. dangerous, hazardous, imperiled, unsafe. Antonyms: See
safe.

period, n. interval.

perishable, a. destructible, impermanent, mortal. Antonyms:
imperishable, permanent.

perjury, n. oath-breaking. Associated Words: suborn subornation,
suborner, perjurer, perjurous, forswear.

perk, a. vain, trim, spruce, smart, jaunty.

permanence, n. durability, imperishability, stability, permanency.

permanent, a. stable, immutable, durable, imperishable, unchangeable,
abiding, indestructible. Antonyms: impermanent, evanescent, ephemeral,
transient.

permeable, a. penetrable, pervious, pervadible. Antonym:
impermeable.

permission, n. consent, allowance, license, leave, permit,
authorization, warrant. Antonyms: refusal, denial, embargo, injunction,
veto, prohibition, resistance.

permit, v. allow, consent to, suffer, tolerate, let, authorize,
indulge, license, empower. Antonyms: refuse, disallow, prohibit, resist.

permit, n. warrant, license, leave, permission.

pernicious, a. deleterious, harmful, noisome, baleful, vicious.

pernickety, a. (Colloq.) finical, particular, fastidious, fussy.

perpendicular, a. upright, vertical. Antonyms: horizontal oblique.

perpetual, a. See everlasting.

perplex, v. bewilder, puzzle, pose, confuse, mystify, distract,
disconcert, entangle.

perplexed, a. bewildered, confused, puzzled, disconcerted.

perplexing, a. bewildering, confusing, carking, mystifying, puzzling.

perplexity, n. bewilderment, distraction, confusion, disconcertion,
doubt, uncertainty, predicament, dilemma, plight, quandary, difficulty,
strait.

persecute, v. harass, oppress, tyrannize, torment, dragoon,
importune, annoy, hector, badger.

persecution, n. oppression, molestation, importunity.

perseverance, n. persistence, diligence, constancy,
indefatigableness, assiduity, pertinacity.

persevere, v. persist, continue.

persevering, a. persistent, steadfast, untiring, indefatigable,
pertinacious, unremitting, indomitable. Antonyms: inconstant, fickle,
unsteadfast.

persist, v. persevere.

persistency, n. perseverance, doggedness, pertinacity, obstinacy,
contumacy, insistence.

persistent, a. contumacious, persevering, insistent, pertinacious,
tenacious, importunate, constant.

personality, n. individuality; reflection, stricture, animadversion,
criticism.

personally,