High school vocab review

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• disastrous or catastrophic

• Intelligent Design

• an advocate or supporter of a particular idea or cause

• secular

• not connected with religious or spiritual matters

• cataclysmic

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

• proponent

• a particular philosophy or view of life

• wolrdview

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• rebuild or recreate

• comparative anatomy

• study of similarities and differences in body structures

• speculation

• study of ancient life, fossils, geology

• paleontology

• forming a theory without firm evidence

• apologetics

• defense of the faith

• reconstruct

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• fixed

• remedied
• requiring specific attention to detail

• endurance
• contrast

• painstakingly
• ability to put up with difficulty/strain

• dichotomy
• those, in disagreement, leaving a church

• religious dissenters

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• an event that destroys everything

• scrutinized
• looked at very closely

• unbeknownst
• without anyone knowing

• underhanded
• crafty, done in secret

• thagomizers
• spikes on a dinosaurs tail

• catastrophic

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• confused, out of order

• mud-slinging

• bending a limb or joint

• discombobulated

• throwing accusations at one another

• meticulous

• respectable and admirable

• exemplary

• very precise and exact

• flexion

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• very productive

• humanitarian

• one who uses their resources to help

• philanthropist

• hardworking and intelligent

• industrious

• one who helps others, usually donations

• prolific

• surrounded by or completely consumed

• immersed

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• the study of spore and pollen fossils

• paleobotany
• to intrude/slowly get close to

• abounding
• put into practice

• palynology
• the study of plant fossils

• implemented
• the have an extra amount of something

• encroaching

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• to come together

• unassuming

• an area used to make sound travel

• converged

• modest, not bold

• anthropology

• very physically limiting

• debilitating

• study of human society

• resonance chamber

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• revenge or feud

• forensic science

• goes beyond or surpasses

• transcends

• mental condition occurring after trauma

• PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder

• announced or publicized

• vendetta

• the application of scientific methods to solve crimes

• heralded

post-traumatic stress disorder

• committed to doing something

• traipsing

• plural of genus, animal classification

• exponentially

• to wander through an area

• genera

• unable to communicate through words

• language barriers

• increases quickly or in large amounts

• obliged