This week’s root Tract – Pull
Abstract (adj) pulled away from direct relation to anything; impersonal as in
attitude or views
Attract (v) to pull into something; to pull into oneself
Contract (v) to pull together to make smaller in size or bulk; to pull inward;
opposite of ‘expand’
Distract (v) to pull a person’s attention in another direction
Extract (v) to pull out by force
Protract (v) to pull out; to make something take longer; to prolong
Retraction (n) a statement or promise that is pulled back or taken back
Subtract (v) put pull some out, therefore having less left over
Traction (v) a pull to the arm or leg muscles to bring a bone back into place
when it is dislocated or fractured.
Tractor (n) a powerful vehicle that pulls farm machines and hauls heavy loads
