Root Words tract- & structtract- – pull
abstract (adj.) pulled away from
direct relation to anything;
impersonal as in attitude or way
attract (v.) to pull into something; to
pull into oneself
distract (v.) to pull a person’s
attention in another direction
retraction (n.) a statement or
promise that is pulled back or taken
back
struct- – build
infrastructure (n.) the parts of a city
on which the rest of the city was
built around; roads, communication,
transportation, and schools
misconstrue (v.) to build the wrong
meaning; to misunderstand; to
interpret the wrong way
obstruction (n.) something that
blocks the way of things being
created or built; something in the
way
reconstruct (v.) to build again