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If it's prospective, it hasn't happened yet.Prospective students are students who might attend a school in the future. If you visit any campus, youll see prospectivestudents checking out the library, the dorms, and of course - the snack bar.
Prospective indicates that something is expected or likely to happen. If youre contemplating your future, you might speak of your prospective career, your prospective spouse, or a prospective million-dollar offer to make a movie based on your fascinating life. However, avoid the common mistake of confusingprospective with perspective. Perspective, which can mean a reasonable point of view, is important when one wants to accurately assess prospective opportunities.

The noun flux describes something that constantly changes. If your likes, dislikes, attitudes, dreams, and even friends are changing all the time, you may be in flux.
Flux can also describe being unsure about how to respond to something while you're waiting for something else to happen. Suppose you just had a great job interview and feel confident that you'll get an offer. In the meantime, your friend invites you to go to Australia with her. You don't know what to do because you don't want to miss that call or Sydney! You're in flux until you hear from the potential employer.

Suffering or dying for your beliefs, thatsmartyrdom, and while it doesnt sound pleasant, some people feel its a great honor.
The root of martyrdom is the Greek word martur, which means witness. The suffix -dom means state or condition, but it also comes from an Old English word meaning decree, judgment. To experience martyrdom, you must witness your own death, usually because of the judgment of others. In Christianity, believers endure martyrdom in order to become saints. Some people falsely claim martyrdom as a way to get attention, like your brother who whines about doing chores because his pinkie hurts.

Secretly they are released, when through martyrdom they come to heavenly honours.
Fallacious means misleading, erroneous, illogical. The jury voted not guilty, because they perceived the prosecutor's reasoning as fallacious. His argument just didn't hold water. To oscillate means to swing to and fro like a pendulum, to waver. "Don't pay Sam any mind," said Martha. "His emotions oscillate like a fan these days. I think it's hormones."

Bawdy means lewd, obscene, indecent We spent the night drinking beer and singing bawdy bar songs with lyrics I wouldn't want my mother to hear. devoid means lacking, wanting, entirely without. Fred was absolutely devoid of humor that he didn't crack a smile, even when the rest of us were rolling on the floor laughing. Pulchritude means physical beauty, loveliness. My brother called his college dorm room "the hall of pulchritude," and on the walls he had pictures of fifty gorgeous models and three ex girlfriends. A tyro is a beginner, a novice, someone just starting out and learning. Harold and Jason laughed at the wobbly tyros on roller blades for the first time. Lucre means money, but usually with negative implications, money considered as a bad or degrading influence; gain viewed as a low motive for action. He sold out his country for lucre. Hubris means arrogance, insolent pride. He had the hubris to lecture people twice his age on the meaning of suffering. Beatific means blissful, showing very great happiness, exalted. Jennie wore a beatific smile as she walked down the aisle in her long white dress. Akimbo means with hands on hips. It can be used as an adverb: He stood akimbo in the doorway. It can also be used as an adjective: We laughed at the picture of the four akimbo sisters standing talking to one another in the yard. To appreciate something means to be conscious that it is valuable, to feel gratitude for it, to not take it for granted. "I so much appreciate the help she gives me with algebra," said Ian with a meaningful smile. To appreciate also means to increase in value. Her stock portfolio has appreciated substantially over the years. To appreciate also means to have an understanding of, or to acknowledge: "I certainly can appreciate your dilemma," said Emily, "but I am not willing to lie for you." Ardent means impassioned, fervent, strongly enthusiastic. He is an ardent Grateful Dead fan and has traveled all over the country to attend their concerts. Concise means to the point. Something that is concise is both brief and precise. Her concise explanation told us all we needed to know within ten minutes. Arcane means secret in the sense of known to or understood by only an enlightened few. The secret teachings of a cult would be said to be arcane knowledge. The ability to create fire by rubbing sticks together could be called an arcane skill.

PA catalyst is an activator, something that causes something else to happen. "Add the right catalyst to this mixture and it will blow sky high," said Nick as he held up the test tube. Benevolent means kindly, generous, prone to good deeds, having good intentions. His benevolent nature made it really hard for him to turn away anyone in need. Augment means to add to, to make bigger or more intense. He augmented the information he found in the encyclopedia with interviews of people who had fought in the war. To castigate is to reprimand, to harshly criticize for a perceived wrong. When Jake showed up fifteen minutes late and without a tie, Marla castigated him mercilessly. She really chewed him out. To burgeon is to grow, to flourish, to blossom forth. "There has been a burgeoning interest in physics since he came to the department," admitted Mr. Manning. To cajole means to coax, wheedle, attempt to persuade with a persistent emotional appeal. "I didn't want to come," said Ashley, "but Joshua cajoled me until just to shut him up, I agreed." To address something is to deal with it, or to draw attention to it. Upon being elected chairman, he immediately addressed the group's financial problems. To address also is to give a speech or formal talk: "Whenever Bob has to address the whole student body, he gets very nervous," the dean's wife confided. To address also is to direct speech toward: He addressed the king directly. Abysmal means infinitely or immeasurably deep, limitless. Her abysmal sadness sapped her energy for many months. Abysmal also means hopelessly bad, wretched. "It's an abysmal day and I'm not going to cheer up," declared Aunt Ida defiantly. A complement(this is a complement not to complement) is something that completes, perfects, or goes really well with something else; Garlic bread is a complement to spaghetti, popcorn is a complement to a good movie; A good book may be the perfect complement to a rainy Sunday afternoon, a DVD player complements a stereo system. "Does red wine or white wine best complement fish?" asked Sheila.

A clique is a tight group from which others are excluded. "Who wants to belong to that clique of snooty girls anyway?" exclaimed Naomi. A clique is an exclusive group Ascendancy is a controlling influence, a time of dominance. Thankfully, the fascism that had risen to ascendancy in Europe in the 1930s faded after World War II. Bourgeois means middle class. Bourgeois is a term first used in France to describe a city dweller who was neither a farmer nor a noble. Today it is used to describe anyone with middle class values of materialism and respectability. The person who uses the term "bourgeois" usually feels that he is more "hip" than the person he is describing. Philip's brother has a cell phone and season tickets to the opera. He is just so bourgeois. Bourgeois is pronounced boor-ZHWAH Ambivalent means having mixed feelings, holding attitudes that contradict one another leading to uncertainty. If you sometimes love the city where you live and sometimes hate it, you can be said to be ambivalent. If you think Jacob is extremely good looking, but also is selfish and conceited, you might be ambivalent about dating him. When he brought up going to the shore on Robin's birthday, I felt ambivalent, but Robin assured me we could celebrate another time. Austere means stark, without frills, stripped down, extremely simple The monk's room was austere, without so much as a picture or a book, other than the Bible. Austere also has the meaning of stern, cold, solemn and unemotional. His austere personality made people both respect and fear him. As a noun, austerity refers to stark simplicity, self-denial. Times of austerity are lean times: In the course of his life, the Buddha experienced both opulence and austerity. Capricious means unpredictable, impulsive, erratic, arbitrary, subject to whims, prone to change without warning. The Bill of Rights is a guarantee that the government will never act capriciously against any American citizen just because of appearance, ideas or beliefs. Ameliorate is to improve, to make better, to make tolerable. Dr. Burns hoped that allowing young patients to watch M-TV would ameliorate their attitudes about visiting the dentist. catholic (small c) means universal, broad, or all embracing. Joey has very catholic tastes in music. His collection includes everything from opera to alternative. Blasphemy is sacrilege, profanity, holding or stating opinions that a religion would find to be shockingly disrespectful of its beliefs. "To say that about Jesus is blasphemy," said Alexis.

In a less formal way, more "tongue in cheek" way the term blasphemy, or its adjective form blasphemous, can be applied to anyone who defies convention: "Oh, the board of directors finds her quite blasphemous," An agnostic is one who doesn't know if God exists. An agnostic is a doubter who neither believes or disbelieves. Since claims about God cannot be proved by science, atheists reject them, and agnostics point out that we cannot know if they are true. To chastise is to punish, to severely criticize or reprimand. "If he pulls the cat's tail again," said Zach, "he must be immediately chastised." Sometimes chastise is used in a less formal sense to mean a chiding from someone who thinks you blew it. When he referred to women as "girls", we got about 10,000 chastising letters from our readers. Coerce: - To force, usually through pressuring with threats, irresistible temptations, promises, or intimidation, etc. "She didn't want to go in the first place," said Michelle. "She was coerced." You might hear it said that someone's testimony was coerced, in which case it implies they were pressured, and the testimony might not be true. Archaic means ancient, and most of the time also carries the implication of outmoded and obsolete. An archaic word is one that was once commonly used, but no longer is. Mesopotamia is an archaic culture. "Isn't it a bit archaic to refer to him as your beau?" asked Madison. To circumscribe means to outline in the sense of to literally draw a line around. She carefully circumscribed on the map the area we would cover the following day. To circumscribe also means to define by setting boundaries: "Liberty is circumscribed by law," Professor Howard was fond of saying. To circumscribe also means to restrict or limit by setting boundaries. Armed guards circumscribed the prisoner's movements. Avarice means greed, the excessive craving to accumulate more. Note: It's one of the seven deadly sins. (The others are Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, and Sloth.) "No matter how much he gets, his avarice will keep him wanting more," said Rachel. Alleviate means to relieve, to make bearable, to improve by lessening, to soothe. Watching the school bus drive away seemed to alleviate his symptoms. Civil means polite, courteous, observant of social standards, but with the implication of unexpectedly, just barely, or because of pressure. You might say someone was quite civil when there was an expectation they might not be. You might say that they were just barely civil or not civil at all. But you couldn't compliment a mother on how nice and civil her little. In that instance, you would have to say polite. Dave and Samantha were fighting. She hardly said a civil word to him all evening.

A cadence is a rhythmic pattern. "Your language has such a beautiful cadence" he whispered to Maria. An apocalypse is a term applied to a cataclysmic disaster so huge as to threaten planetary existence. "The Cuban Missile Crisis is as close to an apocalypse as I ever want to get," said Uncle Sid. The word apocalypse also refers to specific Judeo-Christian writings regarding the ultimate battle between good and evil. The last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, is sometimes called the Book of the Apocalypse. Alacrity is eagerness or cheerful willingness expressed in briskness of response. Alacrity describes responding with a sense of vigor. He did not fail to notice the alacrity with which Fred raised his hand when a volunteer was needed Bureaucracy refers to the often complicated, wasteful, and inefficient administration of the government or other large organizations; red tape. "The bureaucracy is ridiculous," stormed Daniel. " I went to four rooms, talked to six people, filled out three pieces of paper, and I still have to go back on Wednesday." One who administers a bureaucracy is a bureaucrat. A bane is a poison -- often referring to someone who poisons enjoyment. Technically, a bane is a scourge, an affliction, that which torments and causes misery and death, but the word is often used tongue in cheek as in the phrase "He is the bane of my existence," meaning he is a real annoyance. She was the bane of the entire English Department. We were all glad when she retired. Cerebral is that which is characterized by intellect. Someone who is cerebral is all head and no heart. He uses big words, thinks things through, and is rational. "Let's stop being so cerebral and go rent a trashy movie," said Nancy after six hours of studying. Choleric means quick to anger, hot tempered, volatile. As a noun it means someone who is quick to anger, hot tempered, volatile. The violent criminal was subject to choleric outbursts of temper. To assuage is to soothe, to relieve, to alleviate, to calm. At first I didn't want to go, but he assuaged my concerns by assuring me that there was indoor plumbing.

Absolute means total, complete, entire, exact, beyond question, without exception. When you answer a question with the word "absolutely" you are saying yes in a way that is complete and unequivocal. The absolute last day for registration means that it will be impossible to register after that. "He's an absolute idiot," said Bethany as Carlos sped past them at twice the speed limit.

To avow is to openly and categorically declare, assert, admit, or state something forcefully and in no uncertain terms. Ralph avowed he was no where near the scene of the crime.