Here are some examples of words that contain this root:
* Agony: intense pain or suffering
* Agitate: to make someone troubled or nervous
* Activist: someone who campaigns for political or social change
* Action: the process of doing something
* React: to respond to something
* Interact: to communicate or act together
* De facto: in fact, in reality (from Latin "de" + "facto", "from what has been done")
Keep in mind that this root can be combined with other prefixes and suffixes to create a variety of words with different meanings.