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 |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |