politic, a. political; [judicious], [discreet], [shrewd], astute; diplomatic, strategic, [artful].
politician, n. statesman, statist; demagogue (unprincipled and factious).
polliwog, n. [tadpole], purwiggy.
poll tax. [capitation].
pollute, v. [defile], [contaminate], [corrupt], infect, [debase], [vitiate], [desecrate], befoul.
pollution, n. [defilement], [contamination], [corruption], infection [debasement], [vitiation].
poltroon, n. [coward], [craven], [dastard].
pommel, v. [beat], [pound], [maul], belabor, [cudgel], thwack, [club].
pomp, n. pageantry, [parade], pageant.
pompous, a. [stately], [imposing], [august]; pretentious, grandiose See [bombastic].