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Word Meaning in the Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language Answers

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What was revolutionary about Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language?

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It was the first dictionary to be compiled by a group of critics, poets, essayists, and biographers.
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It was the first dictionary to include definitions of difficult or technical words.
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It was the first English dictionary to use quotations from literature to illustrate word usage and development.
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What is the best definition of the word miscarriage as it is used in this passage?

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failure
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victory
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uncertainty

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