| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 420 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| polish | noun | Put some polish on your shoes. | shine |
| verb | Polish the brass in the lobby. | buff | |
| polite | adj. | He was polite to both of us. | courteous |
| adj. | He had a polite way of talking to us. | respectful | |
| political | adj. | It was a political decision. | governmental |
| politician | noun | He was a politician of the old school. | bureaucrat |
| politics | noun | Some people don't like politics. | diplomatic |
| poll | noun | A poll showed he was ahead. | sampling |
| verb | They polled the delegation. | interviewed | |
| pollute | verb | The mill polluted the stream. | contaminated |
| pollution | noun | The pollution was terrible. | contamination |
| pond | noun | There were fish in the pond. | small lake |