scrupulous
adjectiveCareful and conscientious about accuracy or proper conduct.
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Clear all filtersCareful and conscientious about accuracy or proper conduct.
To examine closely and carefully.
Coarsely abusive or damaging, often through false accusations.
To produce and release a substance; in another sense, to hide something.
Not religious or concerned with religious matters.
Calm, dignified, and unhurried.
Involving much sitting and little physical movement.
Encouraging rebellion against established government or authority.
Preoccupied with one's own thoughts, concerns, or interests.
The practice of refusing oneself a pleasure or desire, often for a larger purpose.
Refusal of personal pleasure
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Belittling one's own abilities or achievements, often humorously.
Clear without requiring further explanation or proof.
Having or displaying an exaggerated sense of one's own significance.
Inflated sense of importance
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Convinced of one's own moral superiority, often intolerantly.
The study or interpretation of meaning in language.
The study or interpretation of meaning in language
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An outward appearance or limited likeness that may not reflect the full reality.
Able to read and write only at a limited or elementary level.
Growing old or showing the effects of aging.
The capacity to perceive or respond to feelings, impressions, or artistic qualities.
Expressing compact statements of supposed wisdom, often with excessive moralizing.
A feeling, attitude, or opinion, especially one shared or expressed about a subject.
Following another person's ideas uncritically.
The occurrence of a valuable or pleasing discovery by chance.
Calm and undisturbed, without signs of agitation.
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