Sentence Completions
A discerning publishing agent can ------- promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad.
- (A) supplant
- (B) dramatize
- (C) finagle
- (D) winnow CORRECT ANSWER
- (E) overhaul
Explanation:
To winnow is to sort through and select the desirable part of something or to get rid of the unwanted or undesirable part. If the publishing agent goes through the submissions, "separating the good from the bad," then he or she can be said to be "winnowing promising material from a mass of submissions."