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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| prong | fork |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |