Question 9 of 20 multiple choice: select the best answer and click "submit." based on the context of the sentence, which word best replaces the word "odious" in the sentence from "the black cat," by edgar allan poe? i did not, for some weeks, strike, or otherwise violently ill use it; but gradually very gradually i came to look upon it with unutterable loathing, and to flee silently from its odious presence, as from the breath of a pestilence. a. lovable b. horrible c. joyous d. sneaky