GRE Word List
HOMEOSTASIS
a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
The meaning of the word homeostasis is a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| finery | ornament |