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Here's a image to help, I was gonna put it into words, but it's kinda hard to explain without an image.
From this passage, odious means?
choices: tedious, hateful, difficult, or harmless.
ODIOUS means HATEFUL.
Rene detested the Nazis whom he likens to swine.
Detest is synonymous to hate. Swines are also known as hogs.
Because Rene associates the detestable Nazis with the hogs, he finds feeding the hogs a hateful task.
Odious is also defined as extremely unpleasant and repulsive. Thus, doing an odious task is hateful.
Napoleon adhered to the Enlightenment principle known as equality. Napoleonic Code guaranteed equality of all citizens before the law.