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 |
|---|---|
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |