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taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough
to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner
a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed
dreamily or wistfully thoughtful
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease
lacking in variety; tediously unvarying
to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz
reckless boldness; rashness
a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow