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Exacting

  1. adjective

    having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

    fastidious microorganisms

    Similar: fastidious

  2. verb

    take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

    the accident claimed three lives

    Similar: claim, take, exact

  3. adjective

    severe and unremitting in making demands

    an exacting instructor

    Similar: stern, strict

  4. adjective

    requiring precise accuracy

    an exacting job

    Similar: exigent