Entry: render (verb) 1. to cause to become 2. to give or provide 3. to melt down fat. Sentence: "The cook rendered the bacon fat over low heat." Which numbered sense is used?

Entry: bearing (noun) 1. the way a person stands or moves 2. relevance to something 3. a machine part supporting a rotating shaft. Sentence: "The mechanic replaced a worn bearing in the motor." Which sense applies?

Entry: relief (noun) 1. the easing of pain or worry 2. aid given to people in need 3. variation in the height of land. Sentence: "Shading on the map showed the relief of the valley floor." Which sense fits?

Entry: constitution (noun) 1. the basic principles governing a state 2. a person's physical health and strength 3. the act of founding something. Sentence: "After the long fever, his constitution slowly returned." Which sense applies?

Entry: novel (1) noun: a long work of prose fiction (2) adjective: new and unusual. Sentence: "The engineer proposed a novel way to seal the leak." Which entry does this use match?

Entry: gravity (noun) 1. the force pulling objects toward one another 2. seriousness [from Latin gravis, "heavy"]. According to the entry, what did the Latin source word mean?

Entry: medium (noun) 1. a means of communication 2. a substance in which cultures grow 3. the material an artist works in. Sentence: "Watercolor became her favorite medium that year." Which sense applies?

Entry: current (adjective) belonging to the present; (noun) water or air moving in one direction [from Latin currere, "to run"]. What meaning does the entry give for the Latin root?

Thesaurus entry: plot (noun) conspiracy, scheme, storyline, patch, lot. Sentence: "They planted tomatoes in the plot behind the school." Which listed synonym could replace plot here?

Entry: draft (noun) 1. a first version of a piece of writing 2. a current of cool air 3. the depth of water a ship needs. Sentence: "A draft from the window made the candle flicker." Which sense fits?

Entry: scale (verb) 1. to climb up or over 2. to scrape the scales off a fish 3. to change by a fixed factor. Mia thinks scale means "to weigh" in "The team scaled the cliff at dawn." Is her guess right?

Entry: spring (noun) 1. the season after winter 2. a place where water flows from the ground 3. a coil of metal that returns to shape. Sentence: "Hikers refilled their bottles at the spring." Which sense applies?

Entry: reservation (noun) 1. an arrangement to hold a seat or room 2. a doubt that limits agreement 3. land set aside for a stated use. Sentence: "He agreed, though with reservations about the cost." Which sense fits?

Entry: capital (1) noun: a city where a government sits (2) noun: wealth used to produce more wealth (3) adjective: punishable by death. Sentence: "The bakery needed capital to buy a second oven." Which entry fits?

Entry: resolution (noun) 1. a firm decision 2. a formal statement agreed by a group 3. the amount of detail an image shows. Sentence: "The new monitor has far better resolution." Which sense applies?

Entry: commission (noun) 1. a group appointed to do a task 2. pay based on sales 3. a formal order for a work of art. Sentence: "The museum offered the sculptor a commission for the lobby." Which sense fits?

Entry: tender (adjective) 1. gentle and kind 2. sore when touched 3. easy to chew. Luis guesses tender means "sore when touched" in "The bruise was still tender a week later." Is his guess confirmed?

Entry: stock (noun) 1. a supply kept for use 2. shares in a company 3. liquid made by simmering bones and vegetables. Sentence: "The cook strained the stock before adding noodles." Which sense applies?

Entry: pitch (noun) 1. how high or low a sound is 2. a thick black tar 3. the steepness of a slope. Sentence: "The barn roof's sharp pitch let snow slide right off." Which sense fits?

Entry: cast (verb) 1. to throw 2. to shape metal by pouring it into a mold 3. to assign roles to actors. Sentence: "The foundry cast the bronze bell in 1752." Which sense applies?

Entry: article (noun) 1. a piece of writing in a publication 2. a separate clause of a legal document [from Latin articulus, "small joint, division"]. What meaning does the entry give for the Latin source?

Entry: mint (noun) 1. an aromatic herb 2. a place where coins are made; (adjective) 3. in perfect, unused condition. Ana guesses mint means "minty green" in "Collectors pay extra for a mint baseball card." Is she right?

Entry: yield (verb) 1. to produce or supply 2. to bend under force 3. to give way to. Ben guesses yield means "to produce" in "Drivers must yield to buses at the curb." Is his guess right?

Entry: staple (noun) 1. a main food or product of a region 2. a U-shaped metal fastener; (adjective) 3. principal or standard. Sentence: "Rice is a staple across much of Asia." Which sense applies?

Glossary: sediment, sand, silt, and clay carried by water and dropped in layers. Rosa guesses sediment means "trash dumped in a river." Does the glossary confirm her guess?

Entry: lodge (verb) 1. to become stuck firmly in a place 2. to submit a complaint formally 3. to provide temporary housing. Dev guesses lodge means "stuck" in "A fish bone lodged in his throat." Right?

Entry: buckle (verb) 1. to fasten with a clasp 2. to bend or collapse under pressure 3. to give in to pressure from others. Sentence: "The steel beams buckled in the heat." Which sense applies?

Entry: saturate (verb) 1. to soak thoroughly 2. to supply far more than is needed 3. to dissolve as much as a liquid can hold. Sam guesses saturate means "to soak" in "Ads saturated the market." Right?

Entry: discharge (verb) 1. to release a patient from care 2. to fire a weapon 3. to flow or pour out. Sentence: "The pipe discharges rainwater into the creek." Which sense applies?

Entry: depression (noun) 1. a hollow sunken area 2. a long period of economic decline 3. a region of low air pressure. Sentence: "Rain collected in a shallow depression in the field." Which sense fits?

Entry: exhaust (verb) 1. to use up completely 2. to tire out [from Latin exhaurire, ex- "out" plus haurire "to draw"]. According to the entry, what does haurire mean?

Entry: issue (noun) 1. a topic people argue about 2. one edition of a magazine 3. an outflow of liquid. Sentence: "The library has kept every issue since 1998." Which sense applies?

Entry: margin (noun) 1. the blank border of a page 2. the outer edge of a place 3. the amount by which one side wins. Nia guesses margin means "page border" in "Her margin over the runner-up was two seconds." Right?

Entry: reflect (verb) 1. to throw back light or sound 2. to think carefully about something 3. to show or make clear. Sentence: "The low turnout reflects the poor weather." Which sense applies?

Entry: subject (noun) SUB-ject: a topic studied; (verb) sub-JECT: to force to undergo something. Sentence: "The lab subjected the metal to extreme cold." Which entry matches this use?

Entry: conduct (noun) CON-duct: a person's behavior; (verb) con-DUCT: 1. to lead or direct 2. to carry heat or electricity. Sentence: "Copper conducts heat well." Which entry matches this use?

Entry: wake (noun) 1. the track of waves left by a moving boat 2. a gathering held before a funeral 3. the act of rousing from sleep. Sentence: "Gulls trailed the ferry's wake." Which sense applies?

Entry: grave (noun) a place where a body is buried; (adjective) serious and worrying. Sentence: "The doctor wore a grave expression as she read the chart." Which entry matches this use?

Entry: fluke (noun) 1. a lucky chance event 2. a flat lobe of a whale's tail 3. a parasitic flatworm. Kai guesses fluke means "luck" in "Divers photographed the humpback's flukes as it dove." Is he right?

Entry: mold (noun) 1. a hollow form for shaping liquid 2. a fuzzy fungus that grows on damp material 3. a fixed pattern or type. Sentence: "Green mold spread across the forgotten loaf." Which sense applies?