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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WordMeaning
requiteto make return for : repay
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
anachronisman error in chronology
prongfork
acclivityan ascending slope (as of a hill)
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
gentryupper or ruling class : aristocracy
portendto give an omen or anticipatory sign of
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch