IELTS Aim 6.5 Vocabulary Quiz 1

1. The Arab merchants sold nutmeg for high prices because it was seen as ____________.

• an extremely valuable commodity

• groves

• highly prized and costly ingredient

• prosper

1. Nutmeg plants ____________ particularly well on the island of Grenada.

• wipe out

• successfully smuggled

• this extremely valuable commodity

• thrive

1. Many were willing to ____________ to obtain nutmeg due to its high demand.

• successfully smuggled

• spare no expense

• estimated

• prosper

1. World nutmeg production __________ to average between 10,000 and 12,000 tonnes per year.

• groves

• is estimated

• successfully smuggled

• wipe out

1. The volcanic eruption caused a tsunami that ____________ half the nutmeg groves.

• is estimated

• prosper

• wipe out

• thrive

1. After securing the Bandas, the Dutch aimed to ____________ in the nutmeg trade.

• spare no expense

• successfully smuggled

• prosper

• groves

1. Nutmeg was considered ____________ in European cuisine during the Middle Ages.

• successfully smuggled

• groves

• prosper

• a highly prized and costly ingredient

1. The Dutch concentrated all nutmeg production into a few easily guarded ____________.

• groves

• is estimated

• this extremely valuable commodity

• a highly prized and costly ingredient

1. Pierre Poivre ____________ nutmeg plants to safety in Mauritius.

• wipe out

• successfully smuggled

• is estimated

• spare no expense

1. After implementing innovative farming techniques, the orchard began to __________ , producing a bountiful harvest of apples.

• thrive

• prosper

• wipe out

• is estimated