Charles Kuen Kao won The noble prize in physics in 2009 for groundbreaking work on fiber-optic cables, which use thin threads of glass or plastic to carry information in the form of light. What are the three adjectives?

Read the excerpt from part 2 of “to build a fire.” to build the fire he had been forced to remove his mittens, and the fingers had quickly gone numb. his pace of four miles an hour had kept his heart pumping blood to the surface of his body and to all the extremities. but the instant he stopped, the action of the pump eased down. which words from the excerpt provide context clues for the underlined word?