What is another word for "pick"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "pick": adventure, aim, anger, animus, attempt, avenge, avengeance, avengement, avenger, bear, best, blood, bold, bone, breast, breathe, chance, coup, crow, day, death, debut, empirical, endeavor, essay, est, exertion, experiment, experimental, experimentally, feel, feeling, feud, for, fortune, green, grope, hand, harbor, hard.