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.
The correct answer
here is figuratist audience. The figuratist is a person who is a critical
thinker and uses language in innovative and often witty and colorful way. That
is why this kind of play would appeal to this kind of audience who enjoys word
games and double meanings which induce many comical elements. The comical
effect is often the result of a misunderstanding produced by the double
meanings. The opposite of a figuratist is a literalist who views everything literally.
Answer:
Daddy asked that who had broke the vase
<span>extreme anger (chiefly used for humorous or rhetorical effect).</span>
