Vocabulary Quiz

Which word means "to make something smaller or shorter"?

• Extend

• Contract

• Detract

• Motivation

The root word "mob/mot" means:

• Pull

• Move

• Stretch

• Give

A person who is likely to cause arguments is described as:

• Mobile

• Contentious

• Tenacious

• Motivated

The word "attention" refers to the act of:

• Pulling something

• Carefully thinking about something

• Making something smaller

• Stretching something out

The word that means "the reason for doing something" is:

• Motive

• Motivation

• Mobile

• Tractor

The root word "tract" means:

• Move

• Stretch

• Pull

• Give

Which word means "the amount that something is stretched"?

• Tension

• Contention

• Extension

• Attention

The word "tractor" refers to:

• A large vehicle used for farming

• A person who pulls things

• A feeling of unease

• The act of carefully thinking

The word "detract" means:

• To make something bigger

• To make something more important

• To reduce the value of something

• To increase the strength of something

The root word "tend/tens/tent" means:

• Move

• Pull

• Stretch

• Give