select
to choose carefully from a group
Roots
- lect / leg: choose, gather, read, or pick out
- se-: apart, aside, or away
Other words with the lect / leg root
- eclectic: drawing ideas, styles, or sources from many places
- eclecticism: practice of drawing from many sources
- elect: to choose by vote
- election: formal choice by vote
- elitist: favoring a select group as superior
- lecture: formal talk or lesson
- predilection: a preference or special liking
Select is choose-apart: pick one out from the group.
Select the answer that best fits the author’s tone, not the one that merely sounds smart.