Insight, unit 4 – vocabulary list

Ethical problem/ debate

Go through a selection process
Law that enforces sth
To screen sb
A shift in attitude
To burden sb with sth
Care home
Counsellor
Be diagnosed with a disability
Life expectancy
Geneticist
Hazel eyes
Pre-mature baldness/ short-sightedness
Leave things to chance
Be labelled as
Genetic profile
Embryo
Unconditional acceptance
Critical scrutiny
Policy
Raise questions
Commodity
To manufacture

A serious condition
Peers
Deafness
Imperfection
Be portrayed as
A believable storyline
Analyse blood samples
Diagnose an illness
Perform dig sb’surgery
An emergency situation
A paramedic
Get used to braces
Everyday routine

To correct facial deformity

To improve self-esteem/ self-image
Become a living doll
Consent
Silicone implants
Come to sb’s senses
Be insulted
Cruel taunts
Dig sb’s heels in
A weight off one’s shoulders
Be hard to swallow
Be more to sb than meets the eye
Warts and all
Misery
A cleft palate
Stubbornly refuse to do sth
Have a point

Compassion
Misuse of knowledge
Windswept night
Have a vivid nightmare
Distressing
Recount
Bring an inanimate body to life
Spread across
Scientific advances
Industrialization
Inherit a rebellious spirit
A dreary night
Amount to sth
Inject a spark into sth
Fall dismally
A window pane
Agitate sb’s limbs
A terrible wretch
Scarcely
Artery
Shrivelled complexion
Deprive sb/ oneself of sth
To endure sth
Pace around sth
At length
Forgetfulness
In vain
A cold sweat
The teeth chatter
Tense limbs
Behold sb
Mutter inarticulate words
A grin
Take refuge somewhere
Inhabit a house
Listen attentively
Rapid
Coal mines
Alienate from sth
To sample sth

+ used to/ would, be/ get used to