Attack at Sea

To hoist something is to lift or raise it, especially by using ropes or machinery.

A crane might hoist steel beams into place at a construction site. You might hoist yourself out of a swimming pool.

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Hoist

Something that is ingenious is very clever; it shows creativity and inventiveness.

Some might say that the backpack was an ingenious invention—before it came along, kids had to lug their books around with a leather strap!

Ingenious

Munitions are weapons and ammunition used by the military.

Munitions

Optimism is a belief that everything will turn out for the best—a sense of hopefulness and confidence about the future.

If the Wildcats start the baseball season full of optimism, they start the season with confidence that they will be successful.

Optimism

Something that is opulent is fancy and expensive; it displays wealth in a showy way.

An opulent dining room, for example, might be decorated with expensive furniture, crystal chandeliers, and silk curtains.

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opulent

A torpedo is an underwater weapon that is launched from a ship or submarine or dropped into the water from an aircraft. When it reaches its target, it explodes.

As a verb, torpedo means “to attack or sink a ship with a torpedo.”

torpedo