Exploring the Root Word 'Tract'

What is the meaning of the root word "tract"?

• To write

• To pull or draw

• To speak

• To move quickly

Which word means "to pull attention away from something"?

• Attract

• Distract

• Extract

• Retract

What does the word "subtract" mean?

• To add numbers together

• To lessen or take away

• To push forward

Which of the following words means "to pull back"?

• Retract

• Attract

• Detract

• Abstract

Which word means "to pull or draw something out, often by force"?

• Extract

• Contract

• Subtract

• Attract

Which word means "to pull towards"?

• Detract

• Attract

• Retract

• Subtract

Which word means "to lessen the value or worth of something"?

• Detract

• Attract

• Retract

• Tractor

Which of the following is a machine that pulls heavy loads?

• Abstract

• Tractor

• Contract

• Extract

Which word means "an agreement that pulls two parties together"?

• Subtract

• Contract

• Detract

• Traction

If you know that "abstract" means "pulled away from concrete reality," what can you infer about the prefix "ab-"?

• It means "towards"

• It means "away from"

• It means "together"

• It means "under"