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Vocab week 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| attract | to pull toward |
| retract | to pull back |
| contract | to draw together, shrink, or enter into an agreement (pulling parties together). |
| subtract | to pull away or take away. |
| distract | to pull someones's attention away. |
| extract | to pull out |
| protract | to draw out in time; prolong. |
| traction | the grip or pull between two surfaces. |
| detract | to take away from (usually in value or importance). |
| abstract | literally "pulled away" form reality; theoretical. |
| Transport | to carry across from one place to another. |
| transfer | to move something across or from one thing to another. |
| transmit | to send across (signals, disease, info). |
| transform | to change across forms; to change completely. |
| transcribe | to write across from one form to another (speech to text). |
| translate | to carry meaning across languages. |
| transatlantic | going across the Atlantic. |
| transparent | allowing light to go through clearly. |
| transcend | to go beyond limits or expectations. |
| transfusion | to pur or transfer blood across into another person. |