Abomination ( page 7 ).
Questions.
1. To what was abomination originally applied? 2. Does it refer to a state of mind or to some act or other object of thought? 3. How does abomination differ from aversion or disgust? 4. How does an abomination differ from an offense? from crime in general?
Examples.
After the ship began to pitch and roll, we could not look upon food without ——.
It is time that such a —— should be abated.
Capital punishment was formerly inflicted in England for trivial ——.
In spite of their high attainments in learning and art, the foulest —— were prevalent among the Greeks and Romans of classic antiquity.