GRE vocabulary

Scrupulous

Diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details; very concerned to avoid doing wrong.

Example

"She was scrupulous in her note-taking, ensuring every fact was recorded accurately."

From Latin 'scrupulosus' meaning 'anxious, nice, exact', from 'scrupulus' (a small sharp stone, a source of uneasiness).

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