High school vocab review

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• an advocate or supporter of a particular idea or cause

• proponent

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

• cataclysmic

• a particular philosophy or view of life

• wolrdview

• not connected with religious or spiritual matters

• secular

• disastrous or catastrophic

• Intelligent Design

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• forming a theory without firm evidence

• speculation

• study of similarities and differences in body structures

• comparative anatomy

• study of ancient life, fossils, geology

• apologetics

• defense of the faith

• paleontology

• rebuild or recreate

• reconstruct

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• contrast

• endurance
• requiring specific attention to detail

• religious dissenters
• those, in disagreement, leaving a church

• dichotomy
• fixed

• remedied
• ability to put up with difficulty/strain

• painstakingly

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• without anyone knowing

• thagomizers
• looked at very closely

• catastrophic
• an event that destroys everything

• underhanded
• crafty, done in secret

• unbeknownst
• spikes on a dinosaurs tail

• scrutinized

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• throwing accusations at one another

• discombobulated

• bending a limb or joint

• exemplary

• respectable and admirable

• meticulous

• confused, out of order

• flexion

• very precise and exact

• mud-slinging

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• hardworking and intelligent

• industrious

• one who helps others, usually donations

• philanthropist

• very productive

• prolific

• one who uses their resources to help

• immersed

• surrounded by or completely consumed

• humanitarian

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• the have an extra amount of something

• palynology
• the study of plant fossils

• encroaching

• the study of spore and pollen fossils

• implemented
• put into practice

• abounding
• to intrude/slowly get close to

• paleobotany

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• modest, not bold

• anthropology

• study of human society

• resonance chamber

• to come together

• debilitating

• an area used to make sound travel

• converged

• very physically limiting

• unassuming

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• announced or publicized

• vendetta

• mental condition occurring after trauma

• forensic science

• goes beyond or surpasses

• PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder

• revenge or feud

• heralded

• the application of scientific methods to solve crimes

• transcends

post-traumatic stress disorder

• plural of genus, animal classification

• genera

• unable to communicate through words

• obliged

• increases quickly or in large amounts

• language barriers

• committed to doing something

• traipsing

• to wander through an area

• exponentially