Vocabulary List 4

existing only as an idea or quality rather than as something real that you can see or touch; not concrete

• abstract

• attract

• detract

• protract

Causing someone to have a liking for or interest in something

• abstract

• attract

• detract

• protract

an agreement, often written

• contract

• attract

• detract

• protract

to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation

• contract

• attract

• detract

• protract

to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of

• contract

• attract

• detract

• protract

not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate

• intractable

• tractable

• extract

• retraction

to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force

• intractable

• tractable

• extract

• retraction

easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding

• intractable

• tractable

• extract

• retraction

the act of pulling a statement back

• treatise

• tractable

• extract

• retraction

a serious book or article about a particular subject.

• treatise

• tractable

• extract

• retraction