Word List: tract= pull

•What is the root that means pull?

the root tract

•What is the root that means pull?

•What is the wordthat identifies a vehicle that pulls a heavy load?

tractor•What is the word that identifies a vehicle that pulls a heavy load?

•What is the word that describes what magnet does when it pulls a magnetic object close to it?

attract•What is the word that describes what magnet does when it pulls a magnetic object close to it?

•What is the word that describes what you are doing when you pull someone’s attention away from what he is working on?

distract•What is the word that describes what you are doing when you pull someone’s attention away from what he is working on?

•What is the word that describes what your legs are in when they are being pulled back in the hope of popping the bones back into the proper place?

traction•What is the word that describes what your legs are in when they are being pulled back in the hope of popping the bones back into the proper place?

•What is the word that describes what you are doing when you pull something out by force?

extract•What is the word that describes what you are doing when you pull something out by force?

•What is the word that describes what you are doing when you pull something out by force and make it longer?

protract•What is the word that describes what you are doing when you pull something out by force and make it longer?

•What is the word that names a statement that people write to take back something that they said or wrote?

retraction•What is the word that names a statement that people write to take back something that they said or wrote?

•What is the word that names a thought that doesn’t seem to be directly related to anything?

abstract•What is the word that names a thought that doesn’t seem to be directly related to anything?

•What is the word that is the opposite of “expand” and means that you pull something inward to make it smaller?

contract•What is the word that is the opposite of “expand” and means that you pull something inward to make it smaller?

abstract

•pulled away from direct relation to anything; impersonal as in attitude or views

strange art

attract

• to pull into something; to pull into oneself

contract

• to pull together to make smaller in size or bulk; to pull inward; opposite of “expand”

distract

• to pull a person’s attention in another direction

extract

•to pull out by force

protract

•to pull out; to make something take longer; to prolong

retraction•a statement or promise that is pulled back or taken back

subtract

•to pull back some out, therefore having less left over

traction

•a pull to the arm or leg muscles to bring a bone back into place when it is dislocated or fractured

tractor

•a powerful vehicle that pulls farm machines and hauls heavy loads