1. Words adoptive = to become parent of a child that isn't your own claim

1.  Words

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  adoptive = to become parent of a child that isn't your own
  
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  claim = to say that something is true
  
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  develop = grow
  
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  dispose of = get rid of; destroy
  
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  donate = give something to an organisation in order to help
  
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  donation centre = here: a place where couples can give embryos they don't need for others to use
  
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  embryo = a human being that has not yet been born but just started to develop
  
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  however  = but
  
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  IVF = in vitro fertilisation = process in which a human egg gets together with male sperm outside a woman's body; it is also called a test-tube baby
  
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  leftover = here: embryos that you do not need any more
  
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  scientific research = when scientists try to find out more about a disease or medical problem
  
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  similar = like
  
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  store = to put things away and keep them somewhere until they are needed
  
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  successfully = having the effect that you wanted
  
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  survive= live on after a dangerous situation
  
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  take care of = to care for someone or look after them
  
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  thawing process = here: to take an embryo out of a freezer and wait until its body temperature becomes normal
  
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  unable = cannot
  

2.Words

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  authoritarian leader = a person who controls everything and does not let anyone else have power
  
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  challenge = to be against someone
  
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  controversial = much-discussed; many people have other opinions about a topic
  
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  decade= ten years
  
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  declare = here: to give someone an official title
  
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