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::: intractable - unruly; difficult to manage; Ex. intractable problem/child
::: savor - enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive quality
::: rankle - irritate; fester; annoy
::: ratify - approve formally; confirm; verify
::: calorific - heat-producing; N. calorie
::: bowdlerize - expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler
::: enclave - territory enclosed within an alien land
::: rational - (of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical
::: guileless - without deceit
::: sanctimonious - displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness; N. sanctimony: hypocritical piety