Decapitated (verb): to cut off the head.
"After slaughter, the hogs were decapitated, split down the length of the belly, pried open, eviserated, and strung up by the hind hocks on a high conveyer belt." pg 42
Sentence: in the old days a punishment for breaking the law was to be decapitated.
My own logic because I have heard this word in some movies I have seen.
Hubris (n)
excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
"This initial incident is the beginning of Creon's hubris" P. 176
Synonyms: Audacity- People who have the audacity to do/say what ever they want.
Sentence: I don't like people that hubris because it just gets so annoying and they get in my last nerve
Imminent (adj)
Likely to occur at any moment
"Dope might help him cope with the very imminent and engulfing presence of death." P 152
Synonym: Forthcoming- Can happen anytime at any moment
Sentence: My cousin is in her 9th month of pregnancy and she is imminent of having her baby.
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