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perceive, v. see, discern, observe; apprehend, comprehend, understand. See see.
perception, n. cognizance, discernment; sensation, feeling.
Antonym: imperception.
perch, n. roost.
perchance, adv. perhaps, peradventure, possibly, maybe.
perchers, n. pl. Insessores.
percolate, v. ooze, strain, filter, transude.
percolation, n. filtration, straining, transuding.
perdition, n. ruin, wreck, destruction; h.e.l.l.
perennial, a. perpetual, undying, imperishable.
perfect, a. consummate, faultless, flawless, exquisite, inviolate, impeccable, infallible, correct, mature, ideal, irreproachable, blameless.
Antonyms: See imperfect.
perfect, v. consummate, elaborate, retouch, develop.
perfection, n. faultlessness, consummation, impeccability.
perfidious, a. See unfaithful.
perfidy, n. treachery, faithlessness, disloyalty, unfaithfulness.
perforate, v. bore through, pierce, penetrate, drill.
perforation, n. piercing, penetration; hole, opening, pertusion, aperture. Antonyms: imperforation, imperforable.
perforator, n. cephalotome.
perform, v. accomplish, execute, do.
performance, n. execution, achievement, accomplishment; trick, feat, exploit, stunt, deed, act.
performer, n. acrobat, funambulist, equilibrist, tumbler, contortionist, aerosaltant, actor, player, impersonator.
perfume, n. fragrance, aroma, redolence, sachet, incense, emanation, odor; attar, musk, patchouli, frankincense, civet, myrrh, pastil, pulvillio. a.s.sociated Words: exhale, exhalation, ca.s.solette, 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. a.s.sociated 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. hara.s.s, oppress, tyrannize, torment, dragoon, importune, annoy, hector, badger.
persecution, n. oppression, molestation, importunity.
perseverance, n. persistence, diligence, constancy, indefatigableness, a.s.siduity, 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.
