Statistics for Heteronyms #1

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This quiz has been taken 42 times
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Definition 1	Definition 2	Heteronym	% Correct
Nearby	To shut	Close	94%
Very small	Fractional part of an hour	Minute	86%
Of or from Poland	To make a surface smooth and shiny by rubbing it	Polish	86%
Abandon	An area of land with little or no rainfall	Desert	80%
A cooing bird	Plunged headfirst into water	Dove	80%
Principal role in a play or film	Metal whose use in paints was banned for residential use in 1978 (in the U.S.)	Lead	80%
Able to move	A decorative sculpture that is suspended so as to turn freely in the air	Mobile	71%
Bend down	What you tie with a ribbon when wrapping a gift	Bow	69%
To plant seeds	Female pig that has produced at least one litter	Sow	69%
The perceptible natural movement of the air	To make (a clock or other device, typically one operated by clockwork) operate by turning a key or handle	Wind	69%
Type of fish	Large stringed instrument	Bass	63%
To remain alive	Relating to a performance or speech given in person, not on an audio or video recording	Live	63%
Someone who does needlework	Underground conduit for carrying off drainage and waste	Sewer	60%
To start where you left off	Curriculum vitae	Resume	57%
Mix two or more things together	Farm machine that harvests and threshes	Combine	54%
To manufacture	Food that has been grown	Produce	51%
Did Definition 2 in the past →	To look at and comprehend the meaning of (written or printed matter) by mentally interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed	Read	51%
A thing	To voice disapproval of	Object	49%
More than one oval shape	More than one mark consisting of three periods and indicating an omission of text	Ellipses	46%
More than one foundation for an idea	More than one station around the perimeter of the infield in a baseball field	Bases	43%
An injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact	Did this in the past ↑	Wound	43%
Argument	Propel and steer a small boat	Row	40%
To decline	Trash	Refuse	34%
Wide open	Altruistic love	Agape	29%
A diminution	To lessen	Decrease	26%