| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 406 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| persist | verb | His illness persists in spite of help. | lingers |
| person | noun | That person is my mother. | individual |
| noun | We searched his person for drugs. | body | |
| personal | adj. | This is my personal car. | private |
| adj. | They gave us personal care. | individual | |
| adj. | I have something personal to tell you. | intimate | |
| personality | noun | He was a well known personality. | celebrity |
| personnel | noun | The personnel here are hard workers. | staff |
| perspective | noun | Look at it from my perspective. | viewpoint |
| noun | From here the perspective is wondrous. | landscape | |
| persuasion | noun | We will use persuasion to change him. | reason |
| pest | noun | Mosquitoes are a major pest. | annoyance |