Dinosaur displays are among the most popular exhibits at natural history museums around the world. Although these displays look straightforward, they are notable for the RIGOR or thorough, exhaustive, and accurate work required to create them.
Believe it or not, a team of specialists can spend two or more years planning, building, and installing a single, large-scale dinosaur mount. This RIGOROUS process requires immense engineering precision to support the heavy fossils along with great scientific accuracy to correctly reflect the modern understanding of an extinct creature’s anatomical features.
SAT test writers clearly admire the RIGOR required to produce a dinosaur display. They have created a series of vocabulary in context questions that use the word RIGOR to praise the work of dedicated museum staffs.
RIGOR – extremely thorough, exhaustive, and accurate