wilt
To droop and become floppy from lack of water or energy.
wilt in a sentence
- Without rain, the sunflowers began to wilt, their heads bowing to the ground.
- The lettuce began to wilt in the hot car, its leaves turning soft and floppy.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to wilt?
- Abloom
- Bdroop
- Cfreshen
- Drevive
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B: droop. The other three mean the opposite of wilt.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to wilt?
- Aflop
- Bdroop
- Csag
- Dbloom
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D: bloom. The other three mean nearly the same as wilt.
Words that mean something similar
droop, sag, flop
Words that mean the opposite
bloom, revive, freshen
More words about weather & nature
- wither: To dry up, shrivel and die, like a plant without water.
- zephyr: A soft, gentle breeze.
- adverse: Unhelpful or harmful; working against you.
- arid: Very dry, with almost no rain at all.
- atrocious: Extremely bad or unpleasant.
- bleak: Cold, empty and without much hope.
- conserve: To protect something from harm, or to save it from being wasted.
- cultivate: To grow plants, or to work at improving something.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test