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fastidious, scrupulous, thorough, painstaking, rigid,
punctilious: He has conducted the most exact experiments.
--v. 3 demand, extort, require, enforce, insist on or upon,
extract, impose, wrest, compel, enjoin, call for, requisition,
claim: The chief exacted tribute before releasing the
prisoners.
exacting adj. demanding, rigorous, difficult, rigid, stern, hard, tough,
severe, harsh, burdensome, taxing, stringent, imperative,
unsparing, oppressive, tyrannical: I know of no more exacting
job than that of air traffic controller.
exactly adv. 1 accurately, precisely, strictly, perfectly, correctly,
unerringly, faultlessly, faithfully, scrupulously, literally, to
the letter, word for word, verbatim, closely; methodically,
systematically: She translated the passage exactly, with no
errors. 2 definitely, absolutely, positively, undeniably,
surely, certainly, unequivocally, completely, in every respect,
in all respects, particularly, specifically, explicitly, just,
quite, expressly, precisely, accurately, truly, Colloq Brit bang
on: This is exactly the kind of house we want.
exaggerate
v. overstate, magnify, inflate, overdraw, embroider, embellish,
elaborate, enlarge, stretch, romance, overemphasize, overstress,
overplay, overdo, exalt, hyperbolize, paint, Colloq lay it on
thick, play up, pile it on: She exaggerates when she claims to
be the best actress in the world. He believes the health risks
are exaggerated.
exaggeration
n. overstatement, magnification, inflation, embroidery,
embellishment, elaboration, enlargement, stretch,
romanticization, extravagance, overemphasis, excess, exaltation,
enhancement, hyperbole; empty talk, bombast, bragging, boasting,
boastfulness, magniloquence, Literary gasconade, rodomontade,
Colloq fish story, puffery, Slang bull(shit), hot air: It was a
press agent's exaggeration to call the movie a 'colossal epic'.
exalt v. 1 elevate, raise or lift (up or on high), upraise, uplift,
upgrade, boost, promote, advance: The goalkeeper was exalted to
heroic status by the fans. 2 praise, honour, extol, glorify,