VCR Presentation: Lesson 6
Huong Ngo
Guess the Word
tr. v. To place in a larger category or under a general heading or principle.
(Think of an umbrella)
Roots
sumo, sumere, sumpsi, sumptum (L.) "to take," "to obtain"
sub (L.) "under"
Other forms
subsumption, n.
subsumable, adj.
Synonyms
classify, include
Antonyms
exclude
Answer for exercises
7A 2. B
7B 3. D
Things that can be subsumed are...
-Sonnet, shi, haiku, ode under poetry
Practice
a) Crimes in Bones such as contract killing, crime of passion, misdemeanor murder, depraved-heart murder are subsumed under homicide.
b) Bones refers to her fingers as carpals, metacarpals, proximal phalanges, intermediate phalanges, and distal phalanges whereas the average person will subsumed them as the hand.
c) Jade argued that oligarchy is subsumed under aristocracy.
d) When his friend said he likes pop, rock, R&B, classical, and country, Matt fixes him by subsuming them under all music, saying, "You are a lover of music."