1. impinge = strike
The word impinge can have various meanings, but in the case above, it means to strike. When 'the rain impinge[d] upon the earth,' it means that it started raining, the rain started striking the earth. To impinge means that something starts, and usually something negative.
2. garrulous = loquacious
The word garrulous refers to someone who talks excessively, likes to talk a bit too much, and usually about something trivial. Loquacious is a fancy word to denote the same thing, although it has a more positive connotation - it refers to someone who can speak nicely.
3. pious = religious
The word pious comes from the Latin word pius, which means dutiful. So when English took this word from Latin, it added a different suffix (-ous), and gave it the meaning of being 'dutiful to God.' So nowadays, pious refers to someone who is devoutly religious.
4. ruinous = dilapidated
The word ruinous refers to something which is in ruins, which is falling apart. The word which means the same thing is dilapidated - both of these words are usually used to describe buildings that are very old, and derelict, and are practically in ruins.
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Passive
Explanation:
This is an example of passive voice because the paycheck is experiencing the action, in this case getting larger. The keyword is the "was" connecting the subject and action. Active would be "My paycheck grew..."
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It was a normal day, all of a sudden people at the airport were getting radioed that planes were highjacked. A few hours later in New York, a plane crashed in to one of the twin towers, another one followed hitting the other tower. A third plane came crashing in destroying the 23rd to 14th floor. The pentagon: a plane came crashing in destroying part of the pentagon. Back at the twin towers, a bigger plane came crashing in, destroying all that was left
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