Vocabulary for
Raven
with Sniffy the Hamster, resident wordsmith

curious    

Sniffy Says: "Are you curious? Maybe you're a curioso? A curious person (a curioso) or a curious hamster, likes to learn things, likes to investigate, likes to wonder why things work the way they do. When I hear a strange noise I don't dive down into my big a pile of cotton balls and start shivering as if I had fallen off an iceberg into the ocean, oh no! When I hear a strange noise, I grab my itty-bitty flashlight, put on my sneakers—this takes awhile because I have four feet and it's tough to tie shoes with your teeth—then I place a bottle cap on my head for protection and proceed to find out what's making the noise. Or sometimes I just decide to look up a word I don't know in the dictionary—while I'm hiding in my big pile of cotton balls shivering like a wet puppy. Ta-ta!"

amazement    

Sniffy Says: "Amazing! Do you see it? It's right over there! It's gigantic, I've never seen anything like it. I'm amazed! I'm astonished! I'm astounded! I'm Sniffy the hamster! I'm standing in my cage in complete amazement. I can hardly believe my eyes because across the room in front of me is a hamster the size of a bear and he's juggling fifteen little hamsters and each of those little hamsters is juggling fifteen jelly beans and the jelly beans are changing color and the giant hamster is singing jingle bells while turning in a circle and—"
Mr. Draeger Says: "Sniffy! Sniffy! Sniffy!!"
Sniffy Says: "Huh, what?"
Mr. Draeger Says: "You were dreaming and yelling something about an amazing hair juggling blue jeans while eating tinker bells? You woke all of us up."
Sniffy Says: "Oh yeah, sorry about that."
Mr. Draeger Says: "It must have been some dream."
Sniffy Says: "It was amazing. Good night."

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On-Line Dictionaries

The Free Dictionary: This is now my favorite on-line dictionary (the box above links to this dictionary). Not only does it provide you with audios to pronounce the word, but it also gives you examples of the word used in context. They also have a "References in classic literature" section which provides entire sentences from classic literature in which the word is used. Also includes a thesaurus, encyclopedia and more.

Answers.com: This is not just a dictionary, but it has a dictionary and the reason I list it is because the dictionary has an audio pronunciation feature which is very helpful when one comes across words that are difficult to pronounce or have never been seen before. Access is free.

The Dictionary of Difficult Words: Good resource for those words that your dictionary doesn't have or that other on-line dictionaries do not have.

A Latin Dictionary: This is great resource for Latin. There is even a downloadable version for your computer that will do both Latin/English and English/Latin.

Dictionary.com Free Access. You can purchase additional features.

Merriam-Webster Free Access.

WordSmyth A children's dictionary is also available. This dictionary requires registration. Free Access.

Oxford English Dictionary The best English dictionary in the world! This dictionary requires paid subscription. $29.95 per month or $295.00 per year.