ABHOR ([page 5]).
QUESTIONS.
1. Which is the stronger word, abhor or despise? 2. What does abhor denote? 3. How does Archbishop Trench illustrate the difference between abhor and shun? 4. What does detest express? 5. What does loathe imply? Is it[379] physical or moral in its application? 6. Give illustrations of the appropriate uses of the above words.
EXAMPLES.
He had sunk to such degradation as to be utterly —— by all good men.
Such weakness can only be ——.
Talebearers and backbiters are everywhere ——.
—— that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.