Words about words

Wept is the past tense of weep. If someone wept, it means they were crying.

You whirl around when you turn around quickly. Things that whirl can be fans or dancers, like the woman in the picture.

Whittling is the process of making something out of a piece of wood by cutting off thin strips with a knife. The most common thing you make by whittling is simply making a point on the end of a piece of wood to turn it into a stake, but you can also whittle quite complex shapes.
Whittling is similar to carving.

Why is the reason or purpose behind something. If you ask why something happened, you want to know the cause.

Widespread means that something is covering a large area. Weather patterns such as flooding are often widespread.

Something is wild if people haven't changed it to suit their own needs. Wild animals and plants live or grow anywhere they are able, and don't rely on people to feed them and look after them. The opposite of wild is domesticated. Wild versions of household flowers, fruits and vegetables generally have much smaller fruits or flowers than their domestic varieties.

Wilting is the process by which something becomes wilted.

Windswept describes something that has been damaged or changed by strong winds.

You wipe something when you gently rub it with a cloth, or your hand. Wiping generally means passing the cloth over it once or maybe twice, not rubbing it many times like when you scrub something.
Children with runny noses often wipe their noses with the back of their hand, or their sleeve.

Something is withered if it has shriveled, faded and started to dry.
Wither is similar to wilt.