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 |
|---|---|
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| realm | kingdom |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |