Root-doot-doot-doot-da-doot! 10 weeks and 3,818 Brainypics later (whoa), we have our 10 Runners up and our Grand Prize Winner, as selected by our panel of judges. Ooohhh~ The Runners Up shall receive iTunes gift cards, and of course, our winner has won $200 to be split with his or her school.

#10 RUNNER UP – babyblue_456

ABSTAIN (v) - To hold oneself back voluntarily

#9 RUNNER UP – elgringoalex

Avenge (v) - to seek revenge

#8 RUNNER UP – kris_kidd

CLANDESTINE (adj) - Surreptitious; kept or done in secret

#7 RUNNER UP – drewprice11

gratuitous (adj): Unnecessary; free, voluntary; without reason or cause

#6 RUNNER UP – countrymusiclover

lethargic (adj): sluggish, weary, apathetic

#5 RUNNER UP – jberestovoy

LEWD - (adj) Obscene or indecent; characterized by lust or lasciviousness

#4 RUNNER UP – Marina

ABNEGATION - (noun) denial of comfort to oneself

#3 RUNNER UP – matchmanmatt

ACERBIC (adj) - Biting, bitter in tone or taste

#2 RUNNER UP – vazquezd

BELLIGERENT - (adj) Warlike; given to waging war

#1 RUNNER UP – bott_geneseohs

despondent (adj): Discouraged; disheartened

$200 GRAND PRIZE WINNER…

COERCE (v) - To force to think or behave in a certain way by use of pressure or intimidation (specifically, by one person to one or more others)

Congratulations, JKollar!

And props to our Runner Ups and Finalists. Our judges struggled greatly choosing amongst your hilarious (and weird) work ;]

Thanks again, everybody! Your participation has resulted in a fun and free resource that will now help others. And hopefully you learned and had fun making Brainypics, too.

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P.S. – Starting January 1 of next year, we will begin our:

Brainyflix Video Contest

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. To learn more about how you can win the $600 Grand Prize, go to http://brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules