Statistics for Contronyms of English

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Meaning 1	Meaning 2	Answer	% Correct
Recurring every year	Only lasting for one year; ____ flowers.	annual	92%
To endure; to ____ a storm.	To decay and disintegrate; ____ed rock	weather	62%
Put something back to its original position	Put some other thing in where the original thing was	replace	50%
To read thoroughly	To read quickly and not thoroughly	peruse/scan	46%
To give approval to; ____ed vaccines.	The act of impeding someone and imposing a penalty; to impose ____s	sanction	46%
A diverse range of; a ____ of approaches	A single subspecies; this ____ of tulip	variety	31%
Certain to be available; a/an ____ seat	Uncertain to others ; a ____ person	reserved	27%
End something (a life)	Start something	execute	15%
Plain and unchanged	Creative and new; a/an ____ idea.	original	15%
To cling and adhere	To separate (and remove in some cases)	cleave	8%
The state of managing something	Not properly managed; a/an ____ in management	oversight	8%
To wrap or tie together	To undo knots or wraps	ravel	4%