Vocab from Classical Roots
Lesson 7- Michelle Zheng
Fill in the blank with the appropriate term
The over 700 ways the former Navy Seal could kill with his bare hands are ________ under the many methods of ending life he knew.
subsume
v. to place under a larger category or under a general heading or principle
other forms:
n. subsumption
Synonyms
categorize
contain
entail
Antonyms
exclude
omit
leave out
origins
Latin-------------Latin
sub (below) + sumere (to take) -> subsumere-> subsume
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFdgjYoBMIg
start at 1:30
Which sentence uses the term in bold incorrectly?
a. Subsume is subsumed under vocab words in lesson 7.
b. People can be subsumed into 10 categories: those who understand binary and those who don't.
c. The subsumption of Paul Blart: Mall Cop under Top Ten Movie Classics was undisputed.
d. He was under the subsumption that everyone loved him.
D is the answer because it is actually assumption, which has the same root.