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 |
|---|---|
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| trenchant | keen |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| laud | praise |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |