Use your understanding of root words to determine the meaning of the word detract.

Attract

Vary

Distract

Insult

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

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.