The New Colossus

Critical Thinking Works (United States of America)
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  1. astride
    with one leg on each side
    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.
  2. beacon
    a fire that can be seen from a distance
    From her beacon-hand
    Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
    The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
  3. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
    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.
  4. exile
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
    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.
  5. huddle
    a disorganized and densely packed crowd
    “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
  6. imprison
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    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.
  7. pomp
    cheap or pretentious or vain display
    “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
    With silent lips.
  8. refuse
    show unwillingness towards
    “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
  9. storied
    having an illustrious past
    “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
    With silent lips.
  10. teeming
    abundantly filled with especially living things
    “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
  11. tempest
    a violent commotion or disturbance
    Seen these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
    I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
  12. wretched
    deserving or inciting pity
    “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
  13. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
    “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Created on Sun Sep 30 15:53:33 EDT 2012 (updated Sun Sep 30 15:58:29 EDT 2012)

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