Question: Here is one sentence: Accept students for graduate study.
Here is another sentence: I can not accept your invitation.
Does the accept mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: The gods assume human or animal form in these fables.
Here is another sentence: She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger.
Does the assume mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: The key to winning a game.
Here is another sentence: They were carrying two keys of heroin.
Does the key mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: The plains lay just beyond the mountain range.
Here is another sentence: The valley was between two ranges of hills.
Does the range mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning