84. _Name some new words._
Outsider, intensify, repudiate, and idiom.
85. _What is meant by suspended animation of a word?_
A word that passes out of use for a while and then resumes its
place in literature.
86. _Give examples of suspended words._
The words reckless, abate, and abandon, fell into disuse in the
seventeenth century, but have since been revived.
87. _What letters are called the pivots?_
Y and w.
88. _Why are they so called?_
Because of their peculiar sounds in changing from vowels to
consonants.
89. _What kind of new words should be avoided?_
Any word formed contrary to the genius of the language.
90. _What is meant by idiom?_
A peculiar mode of expression.
91. _What is diction?_
Diction treats of the selection and right use of words.
92. _When is our diction pure?_
When we use only such words as belong to the idiom of our language.
93. _What are Synonyms?_
Words having a similar signification.
94. _What is a Synonymicon?_
A dictionary of synonymous words.
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