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Vocabulary Compare and Contrast
Directions:
 Fold a sheet of notebook paper in half lengthwise.
 At the top of the left side, write “Compare”; at the top of the right side, write “Contrast.”
 On each side, number 1-8, skipping three lines after each number.
 On the compare side, write one of these vocabulary words after each number.
 Don’t write the definition.
1. rueful/ruefully: showing that you wish something had not happened
but you accept it.
2. moral/morality: standards of good behavior.
3. credible/credibility: able to be believed or trusted.
4. currency: (1) money, (2) acceptance or use by people (e.g., to gain
or lose currency).
5. inherent: a natural part of something that cannot be separated.
6. exile: to be banished or sent away from your home country.
7. pervasive: existing or spreading everywhere.
8. emulate: to copy someone’s behavior.
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Working with a partner, talk about each word after you look at its definition.
Decide upon one or more words, phrases, pictures, or symbols that have similar
meanings, and write those in the space you have made under the word.
On the “contrast” side, write one or more words, phrases, pictures, or symbols that mean
the opposite of the word.
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