tract

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

• extract

• expand

• attract

• retract

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

• reload

• refill

• retract

• redo

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

• disagreed

• distracted

• disconnected

• disapproved

Stories of beauty and wealth began to ___________ European explorers, like Hernán Cortés, to Mesoamerica

• subtract

• distract

• attract

• retract

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

• disagree

• disobey

• distrust

• distract

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

• detract

• retract

• attract

• extract

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

• rename

• review

• retract

• redo