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 |
|---|---|
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| nib | bill |