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 |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |