The words rhyme! They are also a treasure trove of meanings. To top it off, some of the words even have the same spelling and very different definitions! Let’s start with the word “depravity”. It is “th e state of being morally bad, the q uality or state of being corrupt, evil, or perverted.” Consider the rhyming word “gravity”. It is “a serious situation or problem; the gravitational attraction of the mass of the earth, the moon, or a planet for bodies at or near its surface.” Now throw in a variation of the word “gravity” as in “grave”. It is “an excavation for burial of a body; likely to produce great harm or danger; significantly serious.” Depravity is grave, as in serious and it great harm can be a result of it. Depravity can even work a lot like gravity, that is, if left unchecked, it pulls us further into grave situations. Furthermore, when our time has come and we enter the grave due to a physical death, depravity could also be the d...