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| 3233990476 | absorb | verb; To absorb something is to take it in or soak it up. A sponge can absorb water, a brain can absorb information, and an activity can absorb your time. If something absorbs your attention, it holds your attention completely. (The adjective absorbed means "deeply interested or involved.") |  | 0 |
| 3233993528 | brood | noun or verb; As a noun, brood refers to a family of young animals or children. It is most often used to refer to a group of young birds that all hatched at the same time. As a verb, brood means to sit on your eggs and incubate them |  | 1 |
| 3233997340 | cacophony | noun; A mix of harsh, loud, unpleasant sounds that makes you want to block your ears: that's cacophony. |  | 2 |
| 3234004227 | flax | ax is a type of plant. It is made into the fabric called linen. People and certain animals eat the seeds of flax, which are called |  | 3 |
| 3234007765 | groggily | Groggily is the adverb form of the adjective groggy, which means confused or foggy-headed |  | 4 |
| 3234010617 | mercenary | noun; A mercenary is a soldier who is paid by a foreign country to fight in its army. Soldiers who are not mercenaries often fight out of loyalty to their country or for a cause. A mercenary, on the other hand, fights only to get paid. |  | 5 |
| 3234012496 | musket | noun; A musket is a type of long gun that soldiers used from the 16th to 18th centuries, before the invention of the rifle. |  | 6 |
| 3234017683 | rapt | adjective; Rapt means "showing complete delight or interest." If you are watching something with rapt attention, you are completely focused on it—even carried away by it. |  | 7 |
| 3234025272 | witching | noun; This old-fashioned expression refers to the time of night when creatures such as witches, demons, and ghosts are believed to be at their most powerful. Today, witching hour is usually used as a synonym for midnight. |  | 8 |
