Choose ( page 104 ).
Questions.
1. What are the shades of difference between choose, cull, elect, pick, prefer, and select? 2. Also between the antonyms cast away, decline, dismiss, refuse, repudiate? 3. Does select imply more care or judgment than choose?
Examples.
The prettiest flowers had all been ——.
Jacob was —— to Esau, tho he was the younger.
When a man deliberately —— to do wrong, there is little hope for him.