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? studiously, endeavoured examples, authorities writers, restoration pure, genuine

Answer 1

the answer is pure, genuine

Answer 2

The adjective undefiled means pure, immaculate.

The words in this sentence which help the readers infer the meaning of this word are the words pure and genuine, because they are synonymous with the word undefiled. The writer uses these two synonyms to describe the sources and the diction which links to the writers before restoration.