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• a theory that life and the universe were created by an intelligent being

• Intelligent Design

• disastrous or catastrophic

• proponent

• not connected with religious or spiritual matters

• wolrdview

• an advocate or supporter of a particular idea or cause

• secular

• a particular philosophy or view of life

• cataclysmic

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• forming a theory without firm evidence

• apologetics

• study of similarities and differences in body structures

• reconstruct

• rebuild or recreate

• speculation

• defense of the faith

• paleontology

• study of ancient life, fossils, geology

• comparative anatomy

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• fixed

• painstakingly
• ability to put up with difficulty/strain

• dichotomy
• contrast

• remedied
• requiring specific attention to detail

• endurance
• those, in disagreement, leaving a church

• religious dissenters

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• looked at very closely

• underhanded
• spikes on a dinosaurs tail

• catastrophic
• an event that destroys everything

• thagomizers
• crafty, done in secret

• unbeknownst
• without anyone knowing

• scrutinized

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• very precise and exact

• discombobulated

• respectable and admirable

• mud-slinging

• throwing accusations at one another

• flexion

• bending a limb or joint

• exemplary

• confused, out of order

• meticulous

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• one who helps others, usually donations

• prolific

• one who uses their resources to help

• philanthropist

• surrounded by or completely consumed

• immersed

• hardworking and intelligent

• industrious

• very productive

• humanitarian

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• put into practice

• encroaching

• to intrude/slowly get close to

• implemented
• the study of plant fossils

• abounding
• the have an extra amount of something

• palynology
• the study of spore and pollen fossils

• paleobotany

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• very physically limiting

• anthropology

• to come together

• converged

• study of human society

• resonance chamber

• an area used to make sound travel

• unassuming

• modest, not bold

• debilitating

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• mental condition occurring after trauma

• transcends

• announced or publicized

• PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder

• revenge or feud

• forensic science

• goes beyond or surpasses

• heralded

• the application of scientific methods to solve crimes

• vendetta

post-traumatic stress disorder

• committed to doing something

• obliged

• plural of genus, animal classification

• exponentially

• unable to communicate through words

• traipsing

• increases quickly or in large amounts

• genera

• to wander through an area

• language barriers