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 |
|---|---|
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| noisome | noxious |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |