This is primarily because the federal government has never maintained a list of all the persons of Cherokee Indian descent, indicating their tribal affiliation, degree of Indian blood or other data.
Which of these is the BEST meaning for descent as it is used in this sentence?
A) a downward incline or passage
B) hereditary derivation; lineage
C) a lowering decline as in level
D) a sudden visit or attack; an onslaught

Select the correct answer. what sound device is used in the following excerpt from "how the animals lost their tails and got them back traveling from philadelphia to medicine hat" by carl sandburg? when there was a fight and a snag and a wrangle between two families living next door neighbors to each other and this old flongboo was called in to umpire and to say which family was right and which family was wrong, which family started it and which family ought to stop it, he used to say, “the best umpire is the one who knows just how far to go and how far not to go.” a. repetition b. alliteration c. rhyme d. consonance

Reflect on the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. in five to six sentences, explain how dr. jekyll develops

Which pair of words has similar denotation but different connotations?