GRE Word List
BLAND
smooth and soothing in manner or quality
The meaning of the word bland is smooth and soothing in manner or quality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |