Which word is closest to the meaning of the underlined word as it is used in the paragraph?

use the thesaurus to find the correct meaning.

the weather this summer has been extremely hot. all the blooms on the rosebushes in karen’s garden are beginning to wither. the heat and the sun are making the petals turn brown, and they crumble between my fingers.

wither
v. decay
v. droop
v. dry
v. shrink

a.
decay

b.
droop

c.
dry

d.
shrink

wither is the underline owrd

different strategies reach different people based on their ability to understand the material. (from personal experience) when writing an argumentative essay write explaining the subject as though your audience never heard of it before and it is just being introduced, then explain why other people hate it also, afterward you would explain why that would be wrong. i hope that : )

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