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