| pestilence(noun, evil, burden, magic, spell) |
| pickle(noun, predicament) |
| pit(noun, difficulty, misery, grave, nightmare) |
| place of torment(noun, expression, idiom, misery, nightmare) |
| plague(noun, trouble, bother, evil, blow) |
| poorness(noun, adversity) |
| pop quiz(noun, expression, check, approval, examination) |
| preliminary(noun, check, approval, examination, standard) |
| privation(noun, difficulty, depression, sadness, firmness) |
| probing(noun, check, approval, examination, standard) |
| punishment |
| purgatory(noun, difficulty, misery, trial, grave) |
| quandary(noun, predicament) |
| rigor(noun, trouble, blow, distress, care) |
| rough draft |
| rough sketch |
| sadness(noun, trouble, care, pain, shame) |
| scourge(noun, evil, difficulty, burden, problem) |
| severe test(noun, expression, trouble, bother, blow) |
| shibboleth(noun, check, approval, examination, standard) |