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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.

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verisimilitudethe quality or state of being verisimilar
interloperone that interlopes: such as
initiateto cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going
outspokendirect and open in speech or expression : frank
grillto broil on a grill
vertexthe top of the head
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony
squanderto spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate
obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava