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 |
|---|---|
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| throes | pang |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| delve | excavate |