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			rancorous (adjective), more rancorous, most rancorous
					1. A reference to a grudge or grievance which is bitterly malicious, spiteful and hateful: The political leader has made some rancorous sanctions that are causing other countries to plan to get revenge on him and his nation.
2. Etymology: related to Latin rancidus, and rancere, "to be stinking."

 
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																	2. Etymology: related to Latin rancidus, and rancere, "to be stinking."

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