Stringent

"Elected officials should be held to a stringent code of ethics, requiring them to avoid even the appearance of wrongdoing"

Context Clues:
1. Code of ethics are usually strict
2. wrong doing = bad
3. could mean strict, explicit

Stringent
adjective

1.

rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.

2.

compelling, constraining, or urgent: stringent necessity.

3.

convincing or forcible: stringent arguments.

4.

(of the money market) characterized by a shortage in money for loan or investment purposes; tight.


Max is very stringent when it comes to spending money. He doesn't like to spend a penny on anything.

-That One Kid