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 |
|---|---|
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |