GRE vocabulary
Animus
deep-seated resentment or malicious ill will; rancor
Example
"Long after their inheritance suit concluded, bitter rancor persisted between the estranged cousins."
Etymology
From Old French rancune, variant of rancor, from Latin rancere ('to be rancid or stinking').
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