What does the context suggest is the most likely meaning of wretched as it is used in this excerpt from “The New Colossus”?
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-tossed to me. (lines 10–13)
a
rebellious
b
elderly
c
miserable
d
industrious