White Rose: List 1

by Kip Wilson
In this historical novel-in-verse, German teenager Sophie Scholl joins a secret resistance group called the White Rose in order to oppose the Nazi regime.

This list covers "February 18, 1943"–"Our New Flat."

Here are links to our lists for the novel: List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4, List 5
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  1. interrogation
    formal systematic questioning
    INTERROGATION

    I carefully blend
    a cupful of lies
    into the bucket of truth
    spread out in front of me
  2. traipse
    walk or tramp about
    We traipse
    in from the world
    beyond our doors, our
    young blood
    thick as mud
  3. cascade
    rush down in big quantities
    I bend
    my head forward, delight
    in the snip, clip of
    the scissors, the chunks
    of hair quietly cascading
    over my shoulders to
    the ground below
  4. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
    It’s Mother’s Day, and
    we five carry
    out our plans to free
    Mutti from the mundane.
  5. revel
    take delight in
    Like sunlight warming
    the breakfast table,
    Mutti shines, reveling
    in the glory of her
    day before leading
    the lot of us to
    church, basking
    in what truly makes
    her happiest:
    the five
    of us.
  6. bask
    derive or receive pleasure from
    Like sunlight warming
    the breakfast table,
    Mutti shines, reveling
    in the glory of her
    day before leading
    the lot of us to
    church, basking
    in what truly makes
    her happiest:
    the five
    of us.
  7. enrapture
    hold spellbound
    The girls sigh
    in unison, enraptured,
    as my voice trembles
    over the last line,
    of an old woman weeping
    over the cornet’s death.
  8. decree
    a legally binding command or decision
    Vati disapproves of
    the service decree like
    he disapproves of
    everything else
    this regime
    does.
  9. regime
    the governing authority of a political unit
    Vati disapproves of
    the service decree like
    he disapproves of
    everything else
    this regime
    does.
  10. charisma
    personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others
    I picture my brother’s circle of
    admiring friends
    here in Ulm, hope
    his natural charisma will
    attract new ones wherever
    he goes,
    no matter
    the circumstances.
  11. monotonous
    tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
    The duties here are monotonous,
    the days long.
  12. respite
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
    At least in the evenings, a respite
    from the ominous thrumming

    that comes with the buildup
    of so many young men.
  13. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    At least in the evenings, a respite
    from the ominous thrumming

    that comes with the buildup
    of so many young men.
  14. barrack
    a building or group of buildings to house military personnel
    We sit around the big table
    in the barracks and read, read, read.
  15. incriminating
    charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
    Vati stands strong as a
    fortress, distracting
    them while Mutti secrets
    away incriminating
    books by banned authors
  16. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
    my face flames,
    not with embarrassment
    but with indignation.
  17. amble
    walk leisurely
    We amble away
    from the city, away
    from all angst, into
    the heart of a fairy-tale
    forest
  18. angst
    an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety
    We amble away
    from the city, away
    from all angst, into
    the heart of a fairy-tale
    forest
  19. flourish
    make steady progress
    ...how very
    lucky
    we are to live
    and breathe
    on this great Earth
    flourishing
    with wonder.
  20. colony
    a place where a group of people are concentrated
    inspiration
    among the artists at the
    colony at Worpswede
  21. erode
    become ground down or deteriorate
    escape
    from the once overwhelming
    civilization of Ulm, now
    eroding
    at its very
    foundation
  22. degenerate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
    soft music turned harsh
    beloved books burned
    true art marked degenerate,
    all hints that a terrible future
    presses close
  23. mutineer
    someone who rebels against an authority
    I've grown a beard and
    some say I look like a saint,
    some a mutineer from the Bounty,
    some Rasputin.
  24. idyll
    a charming, peaceful, or idealized episode or situation
    ...I already know
    the idyll of
    my childhood is
    fading away, stomped
    flat by something that feels
    like doom.
  25. confer
    have a meeting in order to talk something over
    I step out
    of the interrogation room,
    confer
    with Inspector Mahler,
    the agent questioning
    Fräulein Scholl’s brother.
  26. leaflet
    a small book usually having a paper cover
    We discuss
    the students
    the leaflets
    the suitcase.
  27. converse
    carry on a discussion
    yet sometimes I wonder
    what the harm would be in
    conversing
    laughing
    spending
    time with someone I truly
    care about,
    despite
    our differences.
  28. relish
    derive or receive pleasure from
    I relish every moment here, despite knowing
    that as soon as the semester ends,

    knowledge won't matter,
    at least not to the Reich.
  29. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
    We move in, delighted
    by the most marvelous
    home we’ve ever had,
    even if it also means
    that the ubiquitous
    flags
    parades
    fanfare
    will be stopping right outside
    our doors
  30. fanfare
    a gaudy outward display
    We move in, delighted
    by the most marvelous
    home we’ve ever had,
    even if it also means
    that the ubiquitous
    flags
    parades
    fanfare
    will be stopping right outside
    our doors
Created on Tue Jul 23 16:02:05 EDT 2019 (updated Mon Jul 29 09:07:25 EDT 2019)

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