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INTERNATIONAL WORDS?


Below you will find 20 international words. The same words are used in the German resp. the Swedish version of this test.
There are five alternatives given to every word - choose the right one. Make a note of the number of your alternative on a piece of paper and go to the answer-sheet.
All set? Good luck! Oh, something else - there is no need to get all of the answers right, in order to reach a good result.

autonomous 1 self-governing
2 crowded
3 named identically
4 very heavy
5 tonedeaf
aversion 1 overwiew
2 narrative
3 prize money
4 dislike
5 backpack
emphasis 1 waterfall
2 stress
3 military garment
4 difference
5 daybreak
fatality 1 corpulence
2 misfortune
3 tiredness
4 wardrobe
5 illusion
 
ignorance 1 steering device
2 excursion
3 want of knowledge
4 punishment
5 trowel
indolent 1 lazy, inactive
2 insensitive
3 respectful
4 sad, depressed
5 artificial
juvenile 1 divine
2 milky
3 righteous
4 legal
5 youthful
labial 1 working-class
2 leading astray
3 saturating
4 dark brown
5 of the lips
 
litoral 1 divine service
2 printing press
3 obviously
4 polluted
5 along the coast
megalomania 1 current of air
2 first-rate, smashing
3 delusions of grandeur
4 immenseness
5 kind of fish
melioration 1 unfavourable condition
2 fluctuation
3 piracy
4 improvement
5 personal invitation
négligé 1 oversight
2 evidence
3 morning dress
4 denial
5 desire
 
Nestor 1 wise, old counsellor
2 architect
3 leading competitor
4 trunk-bearer
5 unholy spirit
neuralgia 1 invention
2 hypersensitive
3 examination of water
4 pain in the nerves
5 geological research
pylon 1 gateway to temple
2 snake
3 romantic evening
4 curtain
5 sunset
retard 1 feel sorry for
2 hinder
3 march
4 blaspheme
5 offer
 
segregation 1 isolation
2 fluid
3 reduction
4 staying power
5 sorrow
seraph 1 evening meal
2 change, coins
3 poster
4 starfish
5 angel
tonsure 1 security
2 marker
3 whining
4 shaving on the top of the head
5 participation
transverse 1 exaggerating
2 overwhelmed
3 lying across
4 long-distance
5 old poetic form

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