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grav, griev

Thu Jun 05 16:08:09 EDT 2025
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Weigh in on this list of words derived from the Latin gravare, meaning "to make heavy" or "to cause grief."
aggravate
Changes in sleep and dreaming might even aggravate mood disorders: depression is associated with a drop in dream recall.
aggravated
Last year, a French tourist was charged with “aggravated damage to a building of historical and artistic interest” after carving “Sabrina 2017” into a piece of the Colosseum, The Telegraph reported.
aggravation
If you live far away from the airport, spare yourself the aggravation by making a practice of staying at an airport hotel the night before an early flight.
aggrieve
Its tone was that of a kindly heart aggrieved by injuries undeserved.
grave
The word grave has multiple meanings with different etymological roots. The adjective derives from the Latin word gravare, from the Proto-Indo-European root gwere-, "heavy." The noun grave, meaning "a burial place," is from the Proto-Indo-European root ghrebh-, "to dig or to scratch."
Almost he yielded to the desire for help and counsel, to tell this grave young man, whose words seemed so wise and fair, all that was in his mind.
gravitas
They didn’t want portraits to lose their formality and gravitas by looking too much like real life.
gravitate
“They raised a great son, and it showed with how people gravitated toward him. He always found the good side of everything, the good side of people.”
gravity
“Inside giant clouds of gas and dust in space, the force of gravity pulls material together into dense clumps. Sometimes these clumps reach a critical density that allows stars to form at their cores.”
grief
It took me almost two years to understand that the hurt was not just heartbreak, but that what I was feeling was grief and loss.
grievance
Shortly before the election, a meeting of all students was held to discuss problems and voice our grievances.
grieve
She pointed longingly in the direction of the building, still grieving the loss of her old address.
grievous
Inmates suffered grievous health issues—paralysis, edema, digestive agony, hallucinations—that were compounded by other deprivations.

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