Speeches.
Speeches can persuade someone, and they can argue on which ones wrong. Speeches can also give out informative information, for example you can tell someone that an animal can be in danger. Lastly, Special Occasions. They are used on ceremonies and other special days.
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.
I would say it's A. create a vivid picture
Answer:
D "‘We were all so happy to start school
Explanation:
This question is about the article "Our World Turned to Water" that tells the experience of a community in Louisiana that was surprised by a violent flood that had not been predicted. The people in this community had started their days in a normal way, we can even see that the students were happy to start another day of school, without imagining the disaster that was about to happen.
