GRAV Flashcards

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GRAV

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Latin word, meaning “heavy, weighty, serious”

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gravitas

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Great or very dignified seriousness

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gravitate

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To move or be drawn toward something, especially by natural tendency or as if by an invisible force

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LEV

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from the Latin adjective levis, meaning “light”

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cantilever

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A long piece of wood, metal, etc., that sticks out from a wall to support something above it

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levity

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lack of appropriate seriousness

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