Question

Read the sentence from Samuel Johnson's preface to A Dictionary of the English Language. I have studiously endeavoured to collect examples and authorities from the writers before the restoration, whose works I regard as the wells of English undefiled, as the pure sources of genuine diction. Which words in the sentence help readers determine the meaning of the word undefiled?

Answer 1

Answer:

Pure and genuine.

Explanation:

The words that determine the meaning of the word 'undefiled' are pure and genuine.

The word 'undefiled' is an adjective which refers to something that is not defiled or adulterated. So, the words that resemble this unaduleration are the words 'pure' which refers to something that is not mixed with other substances or is unadulterated and 'genuine' which means something that authentic. And authenticity also closely refers to something that is unadulterated.

So, the correct answer is 'pure' and 'genuine.'