Question

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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.
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dilapidated
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loquacious
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Answer 1

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.

Explanation:

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.