Question

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

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Answer 2

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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. 

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