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  1. What word means did grind and is also the soil?

  2. What word means important or serious and also is a place of burial?

  3. What word means lame, is wild animal meat, and is something children play?

  4. What word means to grumble or complain and is a game bird?

  5. What word is the tissue around the teeth and is also something sweet you chew?

  6. What word means to have an annoying effect and also the framework for burning fuel in a fireplace?

  7. What word means blood and guts and is the wound from a horn?

  8. What word is an alcoholic beverage, the apparatus for separating seeds from cotton, and a card game?

  9. What word is a protective glove and is also a challenge?

  10. What word means bile and also means to annoy?

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This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.