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Vocabulary p. 134 - 135

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  • If I died in a car accident, I would like to donate my organs.
    (to) donate
  • You can't decide which class you get. It is decided...
    by chance
  • A scientist who studies unborn babies works in the scientific field of...
    embryology
  • the act of making someone healthy again after an illness
    cure
  • Sophia has great ....: she is friendly, enthusiastic and outgoing.
    characteristics
  • The demand for a product ... its price. (= to be the cause of)
    determine
  • The house is in a highly ... location. (= wanted / wished for)
    desirable
  • (to) remove sth. completely / (to) eliminate or destroy sth. (harmful)
    (to) eradicate
  • The epidemic is very dangerous. 100 people ... ... ... every day.
    contract the disease
  • a power that is believed to control what happens in the future
    destiny
  • If something is coded, you have to ... it so that you can read it.
    decipher
  • able to produce children, young animals, etc.
    fertile
  • Dolly the sheep was created by ....
    cloning
  • (= to carry out) The survey was ... by the University of Hagen.
    conducted
  • a theory that the differences between modern plants and animals are because of changes that happened by a natural process over a very long time
    evolution
  • What is that?
    DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
  • an illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
    disease
  • a human or animal in the early stages of development before it is born, hatched, etc.
    embryo
  • the joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell to form the first stage of an embryo (To get pregnant, some couples need in vitro (artificial) ...by a doctor.)
    fertilisation
  • (to) increase or improve sth. (The athlete took drugs to ... his performance.)
    enhance
  • involving questions of right and wrong behavior (Questions of organ donation are often ... questions as well.)
    ethical
  • When you transform something into something else, you ... it. (e.g. money)
    convert