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 |
|---|---|
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |