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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breaking the bill –> C. giving change
common clay–> B. ordinary man
trifle –> H. small amount
larks –> F. tricks
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Explanation:While latent or latency period may be synonymous, a distinction is sometimes made between incubation period, the period between infection and onset of the disease, and latent period, the time from infection to infectiousness. ... During latency, an infection is subclinical.
Princeton's WordNet. reaction time, response time, latency, latent period(noun) the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it. latent period(noun) the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms
Explanation: This is a passage related to the work "Unbroken" by American author Laura Hillenbrand. The writer interrupts Louis's story by inserting information about Japan and Germany, thus better informing readers of the background of the story. The broader picture of Zamperini is acquired in this way, that is, how Zamperini's life can be changed by war. Although Louis Zamperini may have had different plans after participating in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, his plans were interrupted by the war. Although he had some plans of his own, he never dreamed that he would survive a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean, swim for 47 days on a raft and spend two and a half years in three brutal Japanese camps. The idea is that the world around us changes as often as we don't want it to.
