GRE Word List
SUBSUME
to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
The meaning of the word subsume is to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |