Multiple choice

Directions: The following item consists of a sentence with a word printed in capital letters followed by four words. Select the option that is most nearly the same in meaning to the given word.

If you want to keep your job, you need to be SCRUPULOUS about completing your work in the proper fashion.

  1. Punctilious

  2. Fussy

  3. Moral

  4. Honest

  5. .

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A Correct answer
Explanation

To be scrupulous is to be punctiliously or minutely careful regarding something. To be punctilious is to be very careful. The context refers to being very careful about completing your work and thus, this is the correct synonym in the given context.