The American Heritage Dictionary defines obsession as a compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion. ... Jealousy is defined as "close vigilance", by the American Heritage Dictionary and in the middle of the novel; a couple of months after Pedro and Rosaura's marriage, Pedro had a close vigilance with Tita's new male companion. ... Finally, sacrifice defined as; forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered having a greater value or claim, by the American Heritage Dictionary is a part of having love. ...

• Word Count: 884
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Feeling of Being Loved According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the definition of the word "friend" means a person, whom one knows, likes and trusts; one who supports, sympathizes with or patronizes a group, cause, or movement. I believe that apart from what has been defined in the dictionary, there are still other possible words to describe friendship. But in fact, in the real world, friendship is not something that can just be easily described or defined; it is not as simple as what everybody might think like the dictionary. ...

• Word Count: 1177
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

I looked up the words in the American Heritage Dictionary and the following is what I found. The first word I looked up was sexy and the definition that the dictionary showed was that it was an adjective that meant- arousing or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest. ... The next word was death and the dictionary said that it was a noun describing the act of dying, termination of life. ... I was interested to see what this meant, or at least to the dictionary authors. ...

• Word Count: 2686
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School