Read the excerpt from “the hammer of god.”
ever since the demilitarization of planet earth (much accelerated by the famous slogan “guns are the crutches of the impotent”), such activities had been frowned upon, though not actively discouraged.
which context clues would be most in figuring out the meaning of impotent as it is used in the excerpt?
(select all that apply.)
“the hammer of god”
though not actively discouraged
much accelerated
ever since the demilitarization
the crutches

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.