SAT vocabulary
Rancor
Bitterness or resentfulness, especially long-standing.
Example
"The debate was marked by a deep rancor between the two political rivals."
Etymology
From Latin rancere 'to stink, be rotten,' later acquiring the sense of 'bitterness' from the figurative idea of a festering wound.
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