Sentence:  ... in the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper's contempt, and all his <WSD>admirations</WSD> are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful