| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 400 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| pattern | noun | The material had a pattern on it. | design |
| noun | His lateness had a pattern. | trait | |
| noun | She used a pattern to make the dress. | original | |
| verb | It was patterned after my leader. | duplicated | |
| pause | noun | There was a pause after the speaker. | lull |
| verb | He paused and then spoke again. | hesitated | |
| pave | verb | They will pave the street this year. | put hard surface |
| pavement | noun | There is pavement on the entire street. | hard surface |
| paw | noun | The bear injured his paw. | foot |
| pay | noun | My pay is $2800 a month. | salary |
| verb | We will pay them each week. | give money to | |
| payment | noun | We received a payment today. | compensation |