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 |
|---|---|
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
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| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |