SPELLING- LATIN ROOTS

prevent (someone) from giving full attention to something.

• DISTRACTION

• ATRACT

• ERUPTION

• DISRUPT

(of a volcano) become active and eject lava, ash, and gases.

• ERUPT

• INTERRUPT

• DISTRACT

• TERRITORY

an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.

• AQUATIC

• TRACTION

• TERRITORY

• DISTRACTION

a light bluish-green variety of beryl.

• ABSTRACT

• AQUATIC

• AQUAMARINE

• ABRUPT

existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

• DICTIONARY

• DICTION

• ABRUPT

• ABSTRACT

a decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

• VEREDICT

• DICTION

• ABRUPT

• AQUAMARINE

the grip of a tire on a road or a wheel on a rail.

• TERRAIN

• DISTRACTION

• TRACTION

• TERRITORIAL

relating to the ownership of an area of land or sea.

• AQUATIC

• TERRITORIAL

• TRACTION

• ABSTRACT

stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process).

• ERUPT

• ERUPTION

• INTERRUPT

• DISRUPT

interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.

• TERRITORIAL

• DISRUPT

• DISTRACTION

• ATRACT