Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The ancient sconce held a flickering torch along the corridor.
The student was sconced for violating tradition.
In the given sentence, sconce means a wall bracket or fixture that holds a candle or torch — a furnishing/lighting device.
A homonym shares the same spelling but has a different meaning (and often different origin). Option B uses sconced in the sense of being fined or penalized — a word from old Oxford/Cambridge University traditions where students were fined for social transgressions. This is an entirely different meaning.
Options A, C, and D all use 'sconce' as a wall-mounted light fixture — the same meaning as the given sentence, so they are not homonyms.
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