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| GRAV | comes from the Latin word meaning “heavy, weighty, serious.” Thus, a grave matter is serious and important. |
| Gravid | (ADJ) Pregnant or enlarged with something |
| Gravitas | (N) Great or very dignified seriousness. |
| Gravitate | (V) To move or be drawn toward something, especially by natural tendency or as if by an invisible force. |
| Gravity | (N) Weighty importance, seriousness, or dignity. |
| LEV | Comes from the Latin adjective levis, meaning “light” and the verb levarae, meaning “to raise or lighten.” Levitation is the magician’s trick in which a body seems to rise in to the air by itself. A lever is a bar used to lift something up. |
| Alleviate | (V) to lighten, lessen, or relieve, especially physical or mental suffering. |
| Elevate | (V) 1. To lift up or raise. 2. To raise in rank or status. |
| Leavening | (ADJ) Something that lightens and raises; something that modifies, eases, or animates. |
| Levity | (N) Frivolity, lack of appropriate seriousness. |
