lan•guish (verb)
Languish is to be or become feeble, weak or enervated as stated in Merriam Webster Dictionary. This word is found in the article “The Boys At The Back” by Christina Hoff Summers when it states, “A few decades ago, when we realized that girls languished behind boys in math and science, we mounted a concerted effort to give them more support, with significant success.” Now knowing the definition, it helps to better understand that the author was saying that when girls were weak in subjects like math and science, they were given help to successfully learn these things.
