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 |
|---|---|
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| resign | relegate |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |