Match the vocabulary word with its meaning. 1. cosmopolitan a kind of shipping or trade related to the sea 2. grotto a cave with many interesting natural features 3. imperial a city containing people from many different countries 4. maritime a word relating to trade, merchants, and their characteristics 5. mercantile the science of the preparation and dispensing of drugs prescribed by doctors 6. pharmaceutics an adjective describing an empire or its ruler that holds supreme power

The correct matches are:

Cosmopolitan - A city containing people from many different countries;

This cities can be considered as multicultural, as there's people from lot of places around the world, all working, communicating, collaborating together.

Grotto - A cave with many interesting natural features;

This type of caves are big attractions as they are stuffed with loads of interestingly shaped stalactites and stalagmites.

Imperial - An adjective describing an empire or its ruler that holds supreme power;

Imperial as a term is connected with an empire, emperor, the activities. and actions in it.

Maritime - A kind of shipping or trade related to the sea;

The shipping, trade, and even warfare that is taking place on the sea waters falls into the category of a maritime activity.

Mercantile - A word relating to trade, merchants, and their characteristics;

This has been the dominant economic system and philosophy of the European colonial powers during the colonial period.

Pharmaceutics - The science of the preparation and dispensing of drugs prescribed by doctors;

One of the largest businesses in the world which puts drugs on the market, as well as inventing new ones constantly in order to prevent or regulate certain diseases.

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