Question

Match the bolded words in these lines from James Joyce's story "Araby" to their synonyms. Use clues from the context in which the words appear. Through one of the broken panes I heard the rain impinge upon the earth. . . She was an old, garrulous woman, a pawnbroker's widow, who collected used stamps for some pious purpose. It crept onward among ruinous houses and over the twinkling river.

Answer 1

Answer:

Impinge - strike .

Garrulous - loquacious.

Pious - religious.

Ruinous- dilapidated.

Explanation:

Synonyms are those words that have the same meaning as the base word. They are just another word for the same meaning, allowing for the use of a different word to refer to the same meaning.

The synonyms of the given words are as follows-

Impinge is used when there is some impact, an effect that is more of the negative side.

Garrulous is someone who is talkative, who talks a lot. So, another word for this same word is loquacious.

A pious person is someone who is religious, devoted.

Ruinous is something that suggests something that is on the way to ruin, dilapidated, demolished, or getting worse.