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What does rigorous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Showing, causing, or favoring rigour; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
  2. Severe; intense.
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The University is considering plans to introduce more rigorous target quotas for admissions of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The first course of goat cheese ravioli was rigorous and delightful in its pretty sauce, an intense parsley froth.
The Gymnasien were raised above all other schools, and the Abitur, which qualified for university admission, was made more rigorous.
He set a rigorous study schedule for himself and worked hard to keep to it.
That is why there needs to be a system of rigorous and robust inspections allied with heavy sanctions to enforce minimum standards.
He applied sandal paste on his forehead and wore the sacred thread across his body and was rigorous in the ablutions before prayers.

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