The Hiding Place: Chapters 5–7

by Corrie ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill
Holland native Corrie ten Boom had an unremarkable life until Nazi Germany invaded her family's world during World War II. Corrie became a Resistance heroine and survived Hitler's concentration camps in her true life story of faith triumphing over evil.

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  1. sonorous
    full and loud and deep
    Then the Prime Minister’s voice was speaking to us, sonorous and soothing.
  2. occupation
    the control of a country by forces of a foreign power
    The true horror of occupation came over us only slowly.
  3. bric-a-brac
    small decorative objects
    Only a glance showed us that this was more than the usual hodgepodge of bric-a-brac and hollow-seated chairs.
  4. tome
    a large and scholarly book
    The Bulldog’s chief delight at the Beje, after talking with Father, were the tomes of Jewish theology now housed in Tante Jans’s big mahogany case.
  5. edict
    a formal or authoritative proclamation
    The latest heartache for Dutchmen was an edict making it a crime to sing the “Wilhelmus,” our national anthem.
  6. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
    It was the same story: the same tight-clutched possessions, the same fearful glance and tentative tread.
  7. aplomb
    great coolness and composure under strain
    With magnificent aplomb Fred nodded to Father, the policeman, and me.
  8. uncanny
    surpassing the ordinary or normal
    And from the moment Fred Koornstra’s name had popped into my mind, an uncanny realization had been growing in me. We were friends with half of Haarlem!
  9. liaison
    a means of communication between groups
    Their chief work, I learned from bits of conversation, was liaison with England and the Free Dutch forces fighting elsewhere on the continent.
  10. hardtack
    very firm unsalted biscuit or bread
    Change the water once a week. Hardtack and vitamins keep indefinitely.
  11. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
    But if the telephone was a boon, it was also a fresh risk—as was each added worker and connection.
  12. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
    Eusie knocked the ashes out of his pipe and considered his plight out loud.
  13. kosher
    conforming to the dietary laws of Judaism
    He, who had always eaten kosher, he, the oldest son of an oldest son of a respected family, in fact, he Meyer Mossel Eusebius Smit, was seriously being asked to eat pork.
  14. compromise
    expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
    Since her ailment compromised the safety of the others, we took up the problem in caucus.
  15. jeopardize
    put at risk
    Any one of us is jeopardizing all the others.
Created on Wed Jan 21 20:09:59 EST 2026 (updated Tue Mar 17 11:10:12 EDT 2026)

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