Essential Greek and Latin Roots for Twelfth Grade Students: lev

Learn these words that derive from the Latin root lev meaning "to lift or raise."
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  1. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  2. cantilever
    a projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
  3. elevate
    raise from a lower to a higher position
  4. elevation
    distance of something above a reference point
  5. lever
    a simple machine giving a mechanical advantage on a fulcrum
  6. leverage
    the mechanical advantage gained by a machine on a fulcrum
  7. levitate
    cause to rise in the air and float
  8. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  9. levy
    impose and collect
  10. relevance
    the relation of something to the matter at hand
Created on Wed Jun 18 11:30:15 EDT 2025

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