Attack at Sea

Attack at Sea
Vocabulary Preview

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

Multiple Choice

Which could be described as opulent?

• a turkey sandwich

• a king's throne covered in luxurious velvet and sparkling gemstones

• a pink pencil that you've had for five years

• Nike socks

Multiple Choice

If you hoist something, you are ___________ it.

• lowering

• raising

• destroying

• crushing

Multiple Choice

Which is the best synonym for ingenious?

• new

• simple

• inventive

• dilapidated

Dropdown

The factory produces ​

Select answer

for the military. It is filled with ammunition and torpedoes.

Match

Match the word with the appropriate definition.

• hoist

• optimism

• opulent

• ingenious

• munitions

to raise or lift something

a hopeful outlook

luxurious and lavish

clever and inventive

military weapons and ammunition

• to raise or lift something

• a hopeful outlook

• luxurious and lavish

• clever and inventive

• military weapons and ammunition