Which word in this excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds provides a context clue to the meaning of the word descended?

hypothermia is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster then it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature.

normal body temperature is around 98.6 (37 c) hypothermia occurs as your body temperature falls below 95 (35 c)

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the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

consonance, it has the repetition of the consonants in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds.

they would have to clean it very clean