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 |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |