Fifth Grade Latin Roots Review

able to move form one place to another

• mobile

• motivation

• motive

• detract

the condition of being eager to act or work

• mobile

• motivation

• tension

• contract

a reason for doing something

• mobile

• tractor

• motive

• detract

a large vehicle used to pull farm equipment

• detract

• contract

• tension

• tractor

to reduce the strength, value or importance of something

• tractor

• motivation

• tension

• detract

to make something smaller or shorter; to become smaller

• contract

• attention

• extend

• tension

to cause something, such as your arm or leg, to straighten out or to stretch out

• motivation

• extend

• tension

• contentious

the amount that something is stretched; an uneasy feeling that makes it difficult to relax

• mobile

• tension

• contract

• detract

likely to cause people to argue or disagree

• tension

• extend

• contentious

• contract

What do the roots "mob/mot" mean?

• move

• pull, draw

• stretch, give

• three