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.
impinge
garrulous
pious
ruinous
religious
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dilapidated
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strike
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loquacious
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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.
impinge
garrulous
pious
ruinous
religious
arrowRight
dilapidated
arrowRight
strike 
arrowRight
loquacious
arrowRight

sophia333 · Answer

1. impinge = strike (the rain fell hard on the ground) 2. garrulous = loquacious (likes to talk a lot) 3. pious = religious  4. ruinous = dilapidated (torn down, very old, ramshackle)   Synonyms are words which have the same meanings, so these words are synonymous.

JustinR · Answer

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sophia333 · Answer

Thank you and no problem :)