1. An apparatus comprising: a control word predictor to predict a predicted control word for execution of a plurality of operations in response to a control word changing operation; execution resources to speculatively execute the plurality of operations utilizing the predicted control word; a comparison module to determine if the predicted control word matches an actual control word set by the control word changing operation or a plurality of other control words, and to cause re-execution of said plurality of operations if said actual control word matches any of the plurality of other control words.