Task 2: Match the words to their definitions
1. pallid (adj)
A. the belief that people have no control over events because these things
are controlled by God or by fate
2. callow (adj)
B. giving birth to young that have already developed inside the mother's
body, rather than producing eggs
3. Bokanovsky process
(n)
C. the act of coming to full development
4. geniality (n)
D. an imperfectly developed female calf, usually sterile
5. Podsnap’s technique E. (esp. of a woman or girl) full of energy and enthusiasm
(n)
6. conditioning (n)
F. someone or something that takes the place of another
7. plead (v) [pliːd]
G. a system of dividing Hindu society into classes, or any of these classes
8. fertile (adj) [ˈfɜː.taɪl]
H. grow rapidly
9. maturation (n)
I. A method for producing many identical eggs from a single egg. It is the
basis for producing identical human beings
10. prodigious (adj)
[prəˈdɪdʒ.əs]
J. deficient in color suggesting physical or emotional distress
11. viviparous (adj)
[vɪˈvɪp.ər.əs/]
K. a disposition to be friendly and approachable
12. vivacious (adj)
[vɪˈveɪ.ʃəs]
L. the process of training or influencing a person or animal mentally so that
they do or expect a particular thing without thinking about it
13. freemartin (n)
M. pour out
14. proliferate (v)
N. capable of reproducing
15. optimum (adj)
O. become slow or slower
16. predestination (n)
P. A method for speeding up the ripening of mature eggs. The process
makes possible the production of many identical human beings at roughly
the same time
17. slacken (v)
Q. appeal or request earnestly
18. caste (n)
R. most desirable possible under a restriction
19. decant (v)
S. young and inexperienced
20. surrogate (n)
T. great in size, force, extent, or degree
A.F. - Huxley's term, following all the dates in the modern era ("After Ford").