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 |
|---|---|
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |