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with·er /ˈwɪð ər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[with -er] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used without object)
1.
to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
tem·pest /ˈtɛm pɪst/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[tem-pist] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.
a violent windstorm, esp. one with rain, hail, or snow.

2.
a violent commotion, disturbance, or tumult.
tem·pest /ˈtɛm pɪst/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[tem-pist] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.
a violent windstorm, esp. one with rain, hail, or snow.

2.
a violent commotion, disturbance, or tumult.
wrath /ræθ, rɑθ or, especially Brit., rɔθ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[rath, rahth or, especially Brit., rawth] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.
strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.

2.
vengeance or punishment as the consequence of anger.
–adjective
in·deed /ɪnˈdid/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[in-deed] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adverb
1.
in fact; in reality; in truth; truly (used for emphasis, to confirm and amplify a previous statement, to indicate a concession or admission, or, interrogatively, to obtain confirmation): Indeed, it did rain as hard as predicted. Did you indeed finish the work?
hud·dle /ˈhʌd l/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[huhd-l] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -dled, -dling, noun
–verb (used without object)
1.
to gather or crowd together in a close mass.

2.
to crouch, curl up, or draw oneself together.

3.
Football. to get together in a huddle.

4.
to confer or consult; meet to discuss, exchange ideas, or make a decision.
–verb (used with object)
5.
to heap or crowd together closely.

6.
to draw (oneself) closely together, as in crouching; nestle (often fol. by up).

7.
Chiefly British. to do hastily and carelessly (often fol. by up, over, or together).

8.
to put on (clothes) with careless
yearn /yɜrn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[yurn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used without object)
1.
to have an earnest or strong desire; long: to yearn for a quiet vacation.

2.
to feel tenderness; be moved or attracted: They yearned over their delicate child.
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

pelt1 /pɛlt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pelt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object)
1.
to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.

2.
to throw (missiles).

3.
to drive by blows or missiles: The child pelted the cows home from the fields.

4.
to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc.

5.
to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows: The wind and rain pelted the roofs and walls of the houses for four days.
knell /nɛl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[nel] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.
the sound made by a bell rung slowly, esp. for a death or a funeral.

2.
a sound or sign announcing the death of a person or the end, extinction, failure, etc., of something: the knell of parting day.

3.
any mournful sound.


NOT KNEEL



toll2 /toʊl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[tohl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation,
–verb (used with object)
1.
to cause (a large bell) to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as for summoning a congregation to church, or esp. for announcing a death.

2.
to sound or strike (a knell, the hour, etc.) by such strokes: In the distance Big Ben tolled five.
shroud /ʃraʊd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[shroud] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.
a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.

2.
something that covers or conceals like a garment: a shroud of rain.

3.
Nautical. any of a number of taut ropes or wires converging from both sides on the head of a lower or upper mast of the outer end of a bowsprit to steady it against lateral sway: a part of the standing rigging.

4.
Also called shroud line. Aeronautics. any of a number of suspension cords of a parachute attaching the load to the canopy.

5.
Also called shrouding. Machinery.
a.
(on a nonmetallic gear) an extended metal rim enclosing the ends of the teeth on either side.

b.
(on a water wheel) one of two rings of boards or plates enclosing the buckets at their ends.

6.
Rocketry. a cone-shaped shield that protects the payload of a launch vehicle.
–verb (used with object)
7.
to wrap or clothe for burial; enshroud.

8.
to cover; hide from view.

9.
to veil, as in obscurity or mystery: They shrouded their past lives in an effort to forget.
a·float /əˈfloʊt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-floht] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adverb, adjective
1.
floating or borne on the water; in a floating condition: The ship was set afloat.

2.
on board a ship, boat, raft, etc.; at sea: cargo afloat and ashore.

3.
covered with water; flooded; awash: The main deck was afloat.

4.
moving without being guided or controlled; drifting.

5.
passing from place to place; in circulation: A rumor is afloat.

6.
free of major trouble, esp. financially solvent: to keep a venture afloat.
re·mit·tance (rĭ-mĭt'ns) Pronunciation Key n.
1. The sending of money to someone at a distance.
2. The sum of money sent.
whop·ping /ˈʰwɒp ɪŋ, ˈwɒp-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hwop-ing, wop-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective Informal.
1.
very large of its kind; thumping: We caught four whopping trout.
–adverb
2.
extremely; exceedingly: a whopping big lie.
sooth·ing /ˈsu ðɪŋ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[soo-th ing] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1.
that soothes: a soothing voice.

2.
tending to assuage pain: a soothing cough syrup.
[Origin: 1590–1600; soothe + -ing2 ]
—Related forms
sooth·ing·ly, adverb
sooth·ing·ness, noun
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soothe /suð/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sooth] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, soothed, sooth·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.
to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
coo1 /ku/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[koo] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, verb, cooed, coo·ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1.
to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves.

2.
to murmur or talk fondly or amorously.
–verb (used with object)
3.
to utter by cooing.
–noun
4.
a cooing sound.
boun·ti·ful /ˈbaʊn tə fəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[boun-tuh-fuh l] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1.
liberal in bestowing gifts, favors, or bounties; munificent; generous.

2.
abundant; ample: a bountiful supply.
v. perched, perch·ing, perch·es v. intr.
1. To alight or rest on a perch; roost: A raven perched high in the pine.
2. To stand, sit, or rest on an elevated place or position.