European Stereotypes – B2 – Vocabulary 1 / 20 What does ‘treasure’ mean metaphorically? something valuable and worth protecting hidden money dangerous object ancient building 2 / 20 What does ‘challenge’ mean here? accept immediately forget forever question or test an idea protect carefully 3 / 20 What does ‘barriers’ mean metaphorically? physical borders only tourist attractions things that block understanding sports competitions 4 / 20 What does ‘prejudice’ mean? scientific proof unfair judgement without full knowledge friendly curiosity legal protection 5 / 20 What does ‘self-awareness’ mean? copying traditions understanding your own behaviour following fashion ignoring others 6 / 20 What does ‘diversity inside’ mean? strict control historical importance total agreement many differences within a group 7 / 20 What does ‘clichés’ mean? private jokes ideas used too often new discoveries original artworks 8 / 20 What does ‘define’ mean? describe or explain the nature of something forget easily borrow temporarily destroy completely 9 / 20 What does ‘outdated’ mean? modern and new old-fashioned and no longer accurate secret dangerous 10 / 20 What does ‘unproductive’ mean? full of energy very creative highly successful not producing much result 11 / 20 What does ‘interpret’ mean? understand or explain the meaning reject angrily hide completely copy exactly 12 / 20 What does ‘spontaneous’ mean? forced by rules extremely boring done naturally without planning carefully organised 13 / 20 What does ‘ignore’ mean? pay no attention to support financially explain carefully celebrate publicly 14 / 20 What does ‘efficient’ mean? very relaxed working well without waste highly emotional poorly organised 15 / 20 What does ‘punctual’ mean? arriving on time travelling often working slowly speaking politely 16 / 20 What does ‘misunderstandings’ mean? clear explanations friendly agreements official meetings situations where people understand wrongly 17 / 20 What does ‘exaggerated’ mean? completely hidden perfectly accurate carefully measured made to seem bigger or stronger than reality 18 / 20 What does ‘generalisation’ mean? a personal story a private opinion a broad statement about many people a detailed plan 19 / 20 What does ‘diversity’ refer to? conflict and violence economic problems strict rules variety and differences 20 / 20 What does ‘stereotypes’ mean? official laws personal secrets simplified ideas about a group scientific facts Your score is