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 |
|---|---|
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |