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 |
|---|---|
| dull | tedious |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| forlorn | bereft |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |