exact, a. [precise], [accurate], [true], literal, undeviating; punctilious, [methodical], [rigid], [severe], [rigorous], [strict].

exact, v. [demand], extort, [wrest].

exacting, a. [severe], [harsh], [oppressive], peremptory.

exaction, n. [extortion], [oppression].

exactness, n. [precision], [accuracy], strictness, exactitude, [correctness], scrupulousness.

exaggerate, v. [overstate].

exaggerated, a. overstated, [colored], hyperbolical.

exaggeration, n. overstatement; hyperbole.

exalt, v. [elevate]; [dignify], ennoble, [aggrandize]; [magnify], apotheosize, [extol].

exaltation, n. [elevation], [aggrandizement], loftiness, apotheosis.