What is the meaning of meticulously as used in the passage?

Read this sentence from paragraph 5.And the young man covered his face with his hand; and many a time afterwards, in the course of his life, shuddered at seeing how much inhumanity there is in man, how much savage coarseness is concealed beneath refined, cultured, worldly refinement, and even, O God! in that man whom the world acknowledges as honourable and upright.Which statement most accurately describes the meanings of the words refined and refinement?A Refined means "subtle"; refinement means "subtlety" or "a state or manner of acting in a subtle way."B Refined means "honorable or upright"; refinement means "having attained a state of honor or uprightness."C Refined means "lacking in cruelty"; refinement means "a state in which humanity triumphs over base instinct."D Refined means "cultivated and cultured"; refinement means "a state of being cultured or acting in a well-bred manner."

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2. Read the following passage from a speech by Pericles in fifth century B.C. Athens:In our manner of living we show an elegance tempered with frugality, and we cultivate philosophy without enervating the mind.  We display our wealth in the season of beneficence and not in the vanity of discourse.  A confession of poverty is disgrace to no man; no effort to avoid it is disgrace indeed…yet we pass the soundest judgments and are quick at catching the right apprehensions of things. What kinds of phrases are the underlined phrases?

What does the word "drudgery" mean as used in paragraph 4?A. ambitiousB. complicatedC. importantD. tedious