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This Vocabulary Bowl season students across North America vied for vocabulary victory and collectively mastered over 4 million words! The points have been tallied and the official results are in. See which schools and teachers topped the leaderboards.
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A prophet is someone who delivers messages of guidance or warning to others based on divine inspiration. The word profit, on the other hand, refers to the money a business makes after it has paid all its costs. Profit can also mean gaining a benefit from a particular activity, investment, or endeavor.
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Someone accused of a crime is put in jail to await trial, unless bail is paid to temporarily bail the person out from custody. A bale of hay is a large bound bundle of harvested straw, stored for farm animal meals and snacks.
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Simply, a currant is a dried fruit used in cooking. It is either a small raisin or a red berry. On the other hand, current has a few different definitions. Often it means "happening in the present time," as in current events. The other meanings have to do with the flow of a natural element: water, air, or electricity.
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