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Word of the Day for Thursday, January 22, 2009rancor \RANG-ker\, noun: bitter resentment or ill will; extreme hatred or spite The day quickly degenerated into rancor as Palestinians and Jews staged competing protests and Arab participants were accused of harassing Jewish delegates. He called for unity after years of partisan rancor and division. c 1225, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancorem "rancidness, grudge, bitterness," from Latin rancere "to stink." | |||||||||
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