SAT vocabulary
Cull
To select, collect, or gather; to choose and gather (especially plants or flowers). Often implies selection from a larger mass, sometimes with the connotation of discarding the unwanted.
Example
"The editor had to cull irrelevant details from the sprawling manuscript to create a concise article."
Etymology
From Old French coillir, from Latin colligere 'to collect'.
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