Root - TRACT

What does the root "TRACT" mean?

• pull or drag

• light

• foot

• write

What is the definition of attract?

• to cause someone to like or be interested in something or someone and to cause someone or something to go or move toward a place

• to remove something by pulling or cutting it out

• to get information from something or someone

• the force that causes a moving thing to stick against the surface it is moving along

What does the word extract mean?

• to remove something by pulling or cutting it out or to get information from something or someone

• to cause someone or something to go or move toward a place

• the force that causes a moving thing to stick against the surface it is moving along

• take a number or amount from another number or amount

What is the definition of traction?

•  the force that causes a moving thing to stick against the surface it is moving along

• to take a number or amount from another number or amount

• to reduce the strength, value, or importance of something

• to get information from something or someone

What is the meaning of subtract?

• to take a number or amount from another number or amount

• to cause someone to choose to do or be involved in something

• to reduce the strength, value, or importance of something

•  the force that causes a moving thing to stick against the surface it is moving along

What is the definition of the word detract?

• to reduce the strength, value, or importance of something

• to cause someone to like or be interested in something or someone

• to remove something by pulling or cutting it out

• the force that causes a moving thing to stick against the surface it is moving along

I watched my nephew couple his toy trains, held together by magnets that _________________ to one another.

• attract

• detract

• subtract

• traction

Andrew was furious at the ding in his driver’s side door, knowing it would _________________ from the car’s value.

• detract

• attract

• subtract

• extract

If Gerald doesn’t finish all of his chores, his mother will _________________ an appropriate amount from his weekly allowance.

• subtract

• extract

• attract

• detract

It takes a lot of work to _________________ a small amount of juice from an orange.

• extract

• attract

• subtract

• traction