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tort & tract

TermDefinition
tort Latin- “to twist”
contort (v) to twist or bend out of its normal shape.
torture (v) the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something.
extort (adj) obtain something by force, threats, or other unfair means.
tortuous (adj) excessively lengthy and complex.
torment (v) to cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering.
retort (v) to respond to a remark or accusation.
contortionist (n) an entertainer who twists and bends their body into strange and unnatural positions.
distort (v) to pull or twist out of shape.
distortion (n) the action of pulling out of shape (v) to misrepresent or give a false or misleading representation
torsion (n) the action of twisting or the state of being twisted, especially of one end of an object relative to the other.
tract Latin- “to pull or draw”
attraction (v) to pull to or toward oneself or itself; to draw by appealing to interest or feeling.
contraction (n) the process in which a muscle becomes or is made shorter or tighter; the process of becoming smaller.
traction (n) the action of drawing or pulling a thing over a surface.
extract (v) to remove or take out by pulling.
retractable (adj) something that is able to be drawn or pulled back in,
distract (v) to draw the attention or mind to something else; to upset or trouble in mind to the point of confusion.
abstract (adj) existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence (n) a summary of the contents of a book, article, or formal speech.
Created by: 7thgradeheather
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