Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
| ATROPHY: | a wasting away, esp. of body tissue |
| Waste away: | Lose energy and vigor, become enfeebled and weak |
| Govern: | to exercise authority over; rule, administer |
| Award: | to give as due or merited; assign or bestow |
| Cloture: | to close (a debate) by cloture |