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Six example sentences with abhor, each labelled with its topic.
She loves every other shellfish but abhors oysters, and will not sit at a table where they are served.
Cooking
Reviewers praised the museum's new wing yet abhorred the gift shop bolted onto its marble entrance.
Art
Stoic writers abhorred flattery, treating a courtier's compliment as something closer to poison than to kindness.
Philosophy
Veteran programmers abhor tabs mixed with spaces, so the team's linter now rejects any file containing both.
Technology
The coach abhors lazy passes and benches anyone who lobs the ball across the lane without looking.
Basketball
Value investors abhor debt-heavy balance sheets, and she sold the day the company borrowed to pay its dividend.
Finance
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- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
- SparkNotes 1000 SAT WordsRecognized
- MajorTests SAT 1000Recognized
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