tract: Greek and Latin roots

Which root means pull?

• vers

• cede

• tract

• spec

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which word identifies a vehicle that pulls heavy loads?

• protract

• tractor

• abstract

• contract

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word describes what a magnet does when it pulls a magnetic object close to it?

• extract

• distract

• attract

• subtract

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CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word describes what you are doing when you pull someone's attention away from what he is working on?

• protract

• extract

• abstract

• distract

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word describes what your legs are in when they are being pulled back in the hope of popping the bones back into the proper place?

• traction

• tractor

• subtract

• attract

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word describes what you are doing when you pull something out by force?

• extract

• protract

• subtract

• tractor

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word describes what you do when you pull something out and make it take longer?

• tractor

• abstract

• protract

• contract

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word names a statement that people write to take back something that they said or wrote?

• abstract

• extract

• retraction

• contract

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word describes a thought that doesn't seem to be directly related to anything?

• contract

• distract

• abstract

• traction

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word is the opposite of "expand" and means that you pull something inward to make it smaller?

• retract

• traction

• extract

• contract

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A