I am stuck on the following from my vocabulary homework:

4. The elm tree_________is causing many of the trees to die.
(a) stagnation (b) havoc (c) blight (d)decomposition

I have ruled out (b) havoc. I am 100% sure that one is not correct. I think the right answer is (a) stagnation. Can someone give me some feedback and just let me know if I am on the right track? Thanks.

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The word you want is this:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blight

Check out the definition to see if you think it's the best fit in this sentence.
Ah, blight. Yes, that makes sense now, looking at the definitions in the online dictionary. Thanks very much for the help!
You're very welcome.