Novel, modern, new, fresh, recent, unused, strange, rare. (Old.) Noxious, hurtful, deadly, poisonous, deleterious, baneful. (Beneficial.) Nullify, annul, vacate, invalidate, quash, cancel, repeal. (Affirm.) Nutrition, food, diet, nutriment, nourishment.

Obdurate, hard, callous, hardened, unfeeling, insensible. (Yielding, tractable.) Obedient, compliant, submissive, dutiful, respectful. (Obstinate.) Obese, corpulent, fat, adipose, fleshy. (Attenuated.) Obey, v.,conform, comply, submit. (Rebel, disobey.) Object, s., aim, end, purpose, design, mark, butt. Object, v., oppose, except to, contravene, impeach, deprecate. (Assent.) Obnoxious, offensive. (Agreeable.) Obscure, undistinguished, unknown. (Distinguished.) Obstinate, contumacious, headstrong, stubborn, obdurate. (Yielding.) Occasion, opportunity. Offense, affront, misdeed, misdemeanor, transgression, trespass. Offensive, insolent, abusive, obnoxious. (Inoffensive.) Office, charge, function, place. Offspring, issue, progeny. Old, aged, superannuated, ancient, antique, antiquated, obsolete, old-fashioned. (Young, new.) Omen, presage, prognostic. Opaque, dark. (Bright, transparent.) Open, candid, unreserved, clear, fair. (Hidden, dark.) Opinion, notion, view, judgment, belief, sentiment. Opinionated, conceited, egoistical. (Modest.) Oppose, resist, withstand, thwart. (Give way.) Option, choice. Order, method, rule, system, regularity. (Disorder.) Origin, cause, occasion, beginning, source. (End.) Outlive, survive.

Outward, external, outside, exterior. (Inner.) Over, above. (Under.) Overbalance, outweigh, preponderate. Overbear, bear down, overwhelm, overpower, subdue. Overbearing, haughty, arrogant, proud. (Gentle.) Overflow, inundation, deluge. Overrule, supersede, suppress. Overspread, overrun, ravage. Overturn, invert, overthrow, reverse, subvert. (Establish, fortify.) Overwhelm, crush, defeat, vanquish.

Pain, suffering, qualm, pang, agony, anguish. (Pleasure.) Pallid, pale, wan. (Florid.) Part, division, portion, share, fraction. (Whole.)

Particular, exact, distinct, odd, singular, strange. (General.) Patient, passive, submissive, meek. (Obdurate.) Peace, calm, quiet, tranquility. (War, riot, trouble, turbulence.) Peaceable, pacific, peaceful, quiet. (Troublesome, riotous.) Penetrate, bore, pierce, perforate. Penetration, acuteness, sagacity. (Dullness.) People, nation, persons, folks. Perceive, note, observe, discern, distinguish. Perception, conception, notion*, idea. Peril, danger pitfall, snare. (Safety.) Permit, allow, tolerate. (Forbid.) Persuade, allure, entice, prevail upon. Physical, corporeal, bodily, material. (Mental.) Picture, engraving, print, representation, illustration, image. Piteous, doleful, woeful, rueful. (Joyful.) Pitiless, see merciless. Pity, compassion, sympathy. (Cruelty.) Place, n.,, spot, site, position, post, situation, station. Place, v., order, dispose. Plain, open, manifest, evident. (Secret.) Play, game, sport, amusement. (Work.) Please, gratify, pacify. (Displease.) Pleasure, charm, delight, joy. (Pain.) Plentiful, abundant, ample, copious, plenteous. (Scarce.) Poise, balance. Positive, absolute, peremptory, decided, certain. (Negative.) Possessor, owner, master, proprietor.

Possible, practical, practicable. (Impossible.) Poverty, penury, indigence, need, want. (Wealth.) Power, authority, force, strength, dominion. Powerful, mighty, potent. (Weak.) Praise, commend, extol, laud. (Blame.) Prayer, entreaty, petition, request, suit. Pretense n.} pretext, subterfuge. Prevailing, predominant, prevalent, general. (Isolated, sporadic.) Prevent, v., obviate, preclude. Previous, antecedent, introductory, preparatory, preliminary. (Subsequent.) Pride, vanity, conceit. (Humility.) Principally, chiefly, essentially, mainly. Principle, ground, reason, motive, impulse, maxim, rule, rectitude, integrity. Privilege, immunity, advantage, favor, prerogative, exemption, right, claim. Probity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, integrity, sincerity, soundness. (Dishonesty.) Problematical, uncertain, doubtful, dubious, questionable, disputable, suspicious. (Certain.) Prodigious, huge, enormous, vast, amazing, astonishing, astounding, surprising, remarkable, wonderful. (Insignificant.) Profession, business, trade, occupation, vocation, office, employment, engagement, avowal. Proffer, volunteer, offer, propose, tender.

Profligate, abandoned, dissolute, depraved, vicious, degenerate, corrupt, demoralized. (Virtuous.) Profound, deep, fathomless, penetrating, solemn, abstruse, recondite. (Shallow.) Profuse, extravagant, prodigal, lavish, improvident, excessive, copious, plentiful. (Succinct.) Prolific, productive, generative, fertile, fruitful, teeming. (Barren.) Prolix, diffuse, long, prolonged, tedious, tiresome, wordy, verbose, prosaic. (Concise, brief.) Prominent, eminent, conspicuous, marked, important, leading. (Obscure.) Promiscuous, mixed, unarranged, mingled, indiscriminate. (Select.) Prompt, see punctual. Prop, v.y maintain, sustain, support, stay. Propagate, spread, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, extend, breed, increase. (Suppress.) Proper, legitimate, right, just, fair, equitable, honest, suitable, fit, adapted, meet, becoming, befitting, decent, pertinent, appropriate. (Wrong.) Prosper, flourish, succeed, grow rich, thrive, advance. (Fail.) Prosperity, well-being, weal, welfare, happiness, good luck. (Poverty.) Proxy, agent, representative, substitute, delegate, deputy. Prudence, carefulness, judgment, discretion, wisdom. (Indiscretion.) Prurient, itching, craving, hankering, longing.

Puerile, youthful, juvenile, boyish, childish, infantile, trifling, weak, silly. (Mature.) Punctilious, nice, particular, formal, precise. (Negligent.) Punctual, exact, precise, nice, particular, prompt, timely. (Dilatory.) Putrefy, rot, decompose, corrupt, decay. PuzzlE, v., perplex, confound, embarrass, bewilder, confuse, pose, mystify. (Enlighten.)

Quack, impostor, pretender, charlatan, empiric, mountebank. (Savant.) Quaint, artful, curious, far-fetched, fanciful, odd, singular. Qualified, competent, fitted, adapted. (Incompetent.) Quality, attribute, rank, distinction. Queruleous, doubting, complaining, fretting, repining. (Patient.) Question, query, inquiry, interrogatory. Quibble, cavil, evade, equivocate, shuffle, prevaricate. Quick, lively, ready, prompt, alert, nimble, agile, active, brisk, expeditious, adroit, fleet, rapid, swift, impetuous, sweeping, dashing, clever, sharp. (Slow.) Quote, note, repeat, cite, adduce.