Use your understanding of root words to determine the meaning of the word detract. attract vary distract insult

The meaning of the word detract should be distract because the word detract means lessen the worth of something like subtraction, and so insult means to hurt someone with words/speech not lessen so no, not vary because that's like checking and pending so no, and not attract because that means pulling something/someone closer so no. The answer is distract because its taking someone/something away from another.

The answer here would be distract, as detract can also mean to divert or distract.

Which statements describe the relationship of earth and its moon? check all that apply.the moon orbits earth following a nearly circular path.the gravitational pull of earth on the moon is parallel to the velocity of the moon.the moon orbits earth in 1 earth day.the same face of the moon always points toward earth.the moon’s orbit is the result of the interaction between the moon’s inertia and the gravitational force from earth