In the course of writing an email the other day I found myself questing for a word. I am sure you have been there... you know exactly what it is you mean to say and think you have the proper word but wonder if the word truly has the same meaning. That word for me was serendipity (which serendipitously is the name of the blog software we use too ). So to satisfy myself that I was not going to look like a doofus using this very specific, mouth full of consonants word I was going to check it out on dictionary.com but thought instead I would put it into google for a change. In google, on the right hand top of the search results, you will find the word you searched for with a [definition] link. I had never tried clicking that link before and when I did I not only found out that serendipity was indeed the word I needed - I found a great resource on words in general. Google's definition link is to a website called Answers.com which on some level I knew existed but did not realize the wealth of information the site aggregated for a single word. This struck me as a very excellent resource for material to use when incorporating expanded vocabulary in lessons. Serendipity seemed to be the theme of the day!

Answers.com

Serendipity on Answers.com