AP 14.3 Root word "Tract"

1. After much effort, archaeologists were able to _____________ King Pakal's tomb from the rubble inside Palenque's Temple of Inscriptions.

• A extract
• B expand
• C attract
• D repel

2. Unlike most cats, big and small, the cheetah cannot ___________, or draw back, its claws.

• A reload
• B refill
• C retract
• D redo

3. My mom thought we were watching too much television, so she _________ it in order to make us stop watching it.

• A disagreed
• B distracted
• C disconnected
• D disapproved

4. Stories of beauty and wealth began to __________ European explorers, like Hernan Cortes, to Mesoamerica.

• A subtract
• B distract
• C attract
• D retract

5. When my little sister fell down and started crying, I tried to ___________ her and make her feel better by telling her jokes.

• A disagree
• B disobey
• C distract
• D distrust

6. The wear and tear of age could not _________ from the beauty of the Aztec shield covered in beautiful bird feathers. Now, hundreds of years after it was made, it is still extraordinary.

• A extract
• B retract
• C attract
• D detract

7. I asked my friend to ____________ the story I had written and give me feedback so that I could edit it.

• A review
• B retract
• C redo
• D rename

8. If you __________ three from five, then you're left with two.

• A retract
• B subtract
• C rewrite
• D substitute

9. The smell of fresh baked cookies ___________ me to the kitchen.

• A attracted
• B subtracted
• C retracted
• D extracted

10. The dentist ___________ two of my baby teeth when I went for my checkup.

• A attracted
• B retracted
• C extracted
• D expanded