SAT vocabulary
Wither
(Of a plant) become dry and shriveled; (of a person or part of the body) become dry and shrunken.
Example
"Without adequate water, the delicate flowers began to wither."
Etymology
Middle English: probably from Old English widerian 'to resist'.
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