adjective
having complicated nutritional requirements
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- especially growing only in special artificial cultures
- fastidious microorganisms
- certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements
adjective
severe and unremitting in making demands
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- an exacting instructor
- a stern disciplinarian
- strict standards
adjective
requiring precise accuracy
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- an exacting job
- became more exigent over his pronunciation
verb
claim as due or just
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- The bank demanded payment of the loan
verb
take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
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- the accident claimed three lives
- The hard work took its toll on her