HELP I'm Confused!!?

Question

18. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Near-homonyms are words that sound exactly alike.
B. Homonyms are words that are sometimes confused because their sounds are similar, though
not identical.
C. Conscience and conscious are homonyms.
D. Pro ject (v.) and proj ect (n.) are near-homonyms.

19. The denotative meaning of a word is
A. not its literal meaning
B. the shade of meaning that that word acquires through use.
C. easily determined by consulting a thesaurus.
D. the literal meaning of the word.

Answer 1

To solve a multiple choice question:

1) identify the key terms in the prompt
2) research the key terms
3) cross out any obviously incorrect choices if possible
4) research remaining choices and compare to research (see steps 1 and 2)
5) select the best answer based on your research
6) take pride in having done the work yourself

Answer 2

D. They are "near" because the accents are on different syllables in the noun and verb forms

D.

Answer 3

18. A
19. denotive is denotive - having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming, so id say the answer is D