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What words contain the root word TRACT?

Here are some words containing the root word "tract," along with their meanings:

Basic Forms

* tract: a region of land, especially one having a particular characteristic

* tractate: a treatise or formal discourse

* tractable: easily managed or controlled

* intractable: difficult to manage or control

* tractrix: a curve in geometry

Derived Forms

* attract: to draw or pull towards something

* contract: to make or become smaller

* detract: to take away from the value or importance of something

* extract: to remove or take out something

* protract: to lengthen or draw out in time

* retract: to take back or withdraw something

* subtract: to take away from something

* abstract: a summary of a longer work

* contraband: goods that are prohibited by law

* district: a region or area marked off for administrative purposes

* extract: to remove something, especially by force

* tractarian: a member of the Tractarian movement in the Church of England

* contractility: the ability to contract or become smaller

* attractiveness: the quality of being pleasing or desirable

* retractility: the ability to retract or withdraw

This list isn't exhaustive, but it gives you a good starting point for exploring words with the "tract" root.

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