Three Words for Building Your Vocabulary part 3.

Here are the next set of words for expanding our vocabulary. If we are going to be smart college students, ought we sound like smart college students? Try working these three into your vocabulary in the next week. See if it does not make you feel a little more intellectual.

1. Gravitas-(great or very dignified seriousness.) This is a word we can use in approaching a new time in our lives. This will be a time to shy away from the childish behavior of youth and move into the dignity of responsibility in life. This word can describe this mature air we aim for, or perhaps the air of ones we know who are moving into that time of life a little faster than we are.

2. Hector-(to bully; to intimidate or harass by personal pleasure.) But of course, not all of us are quite to that gravitas attitude in our lives just yet. We see this particularly in college students at sporting events for ASU. This word can describe the way that our very own "Hecklers Club" responds to the opposing team that our athletes play. Or perhaps even the way that we've witnessed Fraternity guys treating new pledges?...

3. Impel-(to urge or drive forward by strong moral force.) This is relevant to all, not just the college student, but we can find this word especially applicable when freshmen students come to school and are faced with decision of how to live their college years apart from their normal home boundaries. Whether it be to start over or to rebel completely, we can describe the action as being impelled to approach a certain lifestyle, one way or the other.