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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
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| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| exude | to ooze out |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |