5th Grade Classical Roots 11a

root means pull, drag

• tract

• struct

• ex

• de

root means build

• tract

• ex

• de

• struct

1) the power to grip or hold on to a surface

2) a pulling on part of the body to help in healing

• construction

• protractor

• traction

• reconstruct

the act of putting something together in an organized way; building

• contraction

• extract

• construction

• retract

1) to take back or withdraw

2) to draw back or in

• retract

• traction

• protractor

• extract

tearing down; likely to discourage, ruin, destroy, put and end to

• construction

• destructive

• contraction

• retract

a semicircular device for drawing and measuring angles

• extract

• retract

• protractor

• traction

1) to pull out or remove by force

2) to draw out by processing

3) a concentrated form of a substance

• retract

• traction

• extract

• contraction

to build again, to make over

• construction

• structure

• destructive

• reconstruct

a shortening of two words, such as isn't for "is not"

• contraction

• construction

• structure

• reconstruct