This book is a study of the Gnostic religion versus the Roman Catholic Church and other orthodox Christian sects. ... The book also explains what Gnosis is. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines it as "esoteric knowledge of spiritual truth held by the ancient Gnostics to be essential to salvation." ... The book raises questions like whether God is male or female, and whether there is more than one God proven in the Bible. ... She explains in her book that the legal authority given by the Roman Emperors to the orthodox church eventually led to the lawful persecution of both the Gnostic sects a...

• Word Count: 660
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Well, in Merriam-Webster's dictionary there is not a word for social diversity as a whole, but broken down to social and diversity. Social in the Merriam-Webster's dictionary means: tending to form cooperative and interdependent relationships with others of ones own kind. Diversity in the Merriam-Webster's dictionary means: the condition of being diverse, variety. ... Upon farther research I found out what the top fifty baby names were for boys and girls in 2002 they are: Rank Male Female Rank Male Female 1 Jacob Emily 26 Austin Jasmine 2 Michael Madison 2...

• Word Count: 1507
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The book that she is holding and reading can be the family's album since she is dreaming of the soft look that her eyes once had, "and of their shadows deep- (864), which she can see in herself in the photos. ... According to the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, memory means "an image or impression of one that is remembered."" ...

• Word Count: 514
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Culture, as defined in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, is a: the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon man's capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations b: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group c: the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes a company or corporation. ... Dogbe's book, Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies: "the socially learned ways of living found in human societies it embraces all aspects of so...

• Word Count: 623
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Christianity is the religion derived from Jesus Christ (Merriam-Webster 166). ... Atheism is the disbelief in the existence of deity, or the doctrine that there is no deity (Merriam-Webster 59). ... As it is said in the book of Matthew chapter 10 verse 32-33: "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. ...

• Word Count: 1592
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary it means, constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change. ... She got a lot of her ideas from reading Richardson's novels, especially the book Sir Charles Gradison. The book "gave the woman of innocense the sheltered environment necessary ....realization of her full potential" (pg 12). ... I just do not understand why this has to be in the book. ... Book: Abigail Adams: An American Woman by Charles W. ...

• Word Count: 1735
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The main protagonist portrayed in this book (Scout Finch) was based on her own life experiences as a child. ... Audience The author intended for young adults and people her age to read this book. ... He visits them every summer, and his main goal throughout the book was to get Boo Radley to come outside. ... Vocabulary Dictionary Reference: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Eleventh Edition 1.) ... Personal Response What I found most interesting in this book was the fact that Scout and Dill were 'engaged' to each other. ...

• Word Count: 1573
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

As stated by the Merriam Webster Dictionary, the definition of a "genre" is a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content. ... In the book, Winston Smith is a member of the totalitarian regime known as "The Party.... In 1984, Winston starts reading books, though illegal, this act still keeps that book from ever disappearing from existence since he can remember it. ...

• Word Count: 1020
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The definition of the word ˜Prostitution', according to Merriam Webster, is "The act of having sex in exchange for money. ". ... Sullivan argues in her book "What Happens When Prostitution Becomes Work " that if the government were ever to get involved in the process of legalizing prostitution, an increase in demand for ˜sexual services' would occur and more women would be prostituted for sex and profit without any real negligible benefits for themselves (Sullivan 7). ...

• Word Count: 1087
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The twelfth edition of the book, Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-preventable Diseases, revised in 2012, written by epidemiologist, William Atkinson discusses the mechanics of vaccines in the immune system. ... According to the Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, intussusception is, "the slipping of a length of intestine into an adjacent portion usually producing obstruction (Merriam-Webster web 2014)". ...

• Word Count: 2950
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary's definition of culture is "The integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon man's capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations" (www.Webster.com).  Throughout the world today, there are an indefinite amount of cultures to which people belong. ... In this book, Johnson and Prijatel describe a list of many things that contribute to the success of any magazine. ...

• Word Count: 1468
• Approx Pages: 6

However, Merriam-Webster does not even begin to hint at what a metaphor truly means through the eyes of a poet, or how to interpret it for that matter. ... The book was published in 1965, nearly two years after the author's death by suicide. ...

• Word Count: 1571
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary states divorce as " an act of legally dissolving a marriage" (Merriam-Webster Dictionary 1998). Divorce is a very highly rated problem among married couples in the United States. " Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce and sixty-seven percent of all second marriag...

• Word Count: 2872
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Merriam-Webster defines a community as, "social groups of any sizes whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have common cultural and historical heritages.... While reading a chapter called the Chamber of Reflection from a book entitled, An Illustrated Guide To The Lost Symbol: The History, The Secrets, and The Discoveries, the first paragraph explains the introduction into Free Masonry. ...

• Word Count: 2023
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Wilhelm Gustloff was an activist who was involved in anti Semitic movement by promoting a book titled. ... According to Merriam Webster dictionary rewriting is to "Write (something) again so as to alter or improve it". ...

• Word Count: 2961
• Approx Pages: 12