New spell? Alice perked up at the mention of one and listened to Professor Knox introduce a polishing charm as well as she could. Poliotus? Poh-lee-OH-tuss. She ran over the pronunciation in her head a couple of times before cleaning off the desk with a quick "Scourgify." Did that look clean enough? It was inspected and scrutinized a bit more by her before she seemingly moved on to polishing.

Poh-lee-OH-tuss.

PohleeOHtuss.

"Poliotus!" She said the words out loud, slowly tracing a fairly decent S shape with her finger before trying it with her wand. "Poliotus." Alice enunciated the incantation clearly as instructed, and it looked like it had worked, because when she glanced down, there was a perfectly polished surface. So shiny that if it hadn't been wood, she probably could have seen her reflection in it.

Her hair probably looked really good today, too.