White Rose: List 3

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 "Dangerous Games"–"Duplication."

Here are links to our lists for the novel: List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4, List 5
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  1. voucher
    a negotiable certificate that can be redeemed as needed
    I need a favor—
    some money and a voucher—
    so I can get
    a duplicating machine.
  2. falter
    be or become weak, unsteady, or uncertain
    For a long moment,
    Fritz pales, deflates, falters.
  3. treasonous
    constituting or having the characteristic of betrayal
    The Gestapo is well aware
    that someone has been
    mailing
    treasonous leaflets like
    these
    in Munich, in other cities.
  4. implicate
    bring into intimate and incriminating connection
    I’ve soon implicated
    Alex as a helper, admitted
    Traute and Willi knew
    of our activities, confirmed
    Herr Mohr’s suspicions.
  5. suppress
    put out of one's consciousness
    I pause then,
    trying to suppress
    the panic growing inside me,
    hoping at the very least
    that I’ve placed
    most
    of the blame
    on my brother and me.
  6. billow
    rise and move, as in waves
    With the train’s last
    mouthful of steam billowing
    behind me into the sky,
    my fingers twitch,
    my heels bounce in anticipation.
  7. jut
    extend out or project in space
    Before the train has even
    come to a halt, I jut my
    head out the window, my
    heart already bursting with glee.
  8. swath
    a path or strip (also figurative)
    I’m in love
    with everything

    and everyone and every
    single moment spinning
    past me
    in bright swaths of color
    here in Munich
  9. melancholy
    grave or even gloomy in character
    his best friend, Christoph,
    young, melancholy, devoted
    to his wife, Herta, and
    their two small children
  10. tome
    a large and scholarly book
    slipping
    beside Hans and his
    friends like a slim volume of
    poetry among their thick tomes
  11. callous
    emotionally hardened
    It's shocking,
    the way my commander
    callously tells me of
    the slaughter of
    all the Jews in occupied Russia,
    the way he matter-of-factly supports
    this behavior.
  12. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
    Carry out passive resistance—
    resistance—
    wherever you are, impede
    the atheistic war machine before
    it's too late!
  13. atheistic
    related to a lack of belief in the existence of God
    Carry out passive resistance—
    resistance—
    wherever you are, impede
    the atheistic war machine before
    it's too late!
  14. digest
    arrange and integrate in the mind
    I read on and on, digesting
    a passage by Schiller,
    an author whose works sit
    on our shelves at home, until I come
    to words I recognize well, this
    time by Goethe.
  15. novelty
    originality by virtue of being refreshingly new
    And the beautiful word of freedom is
    whispered and stammered,
    until in unfamiliar novelty we cry
    from the steps of our temple
    once again captivated:
    Freedom! Freedom!
  16. captivated
    filled with wonder and delight
    And the beautiful word of freedom is
    whispered and stammered,
    until in unfamiliar novelty we cry
    from the steps of our temple
    once again captivated:
    Freedom! Freedom!
  17. bestial
    resembling an animal, especially by being vicious or cruel
    My heart aches
    as I read
    details
    of the bestial
    murder of 300,000 Jews
    of the annihilation of the youth
    of the Polish aristocracy
    accusations
    of
    the
    apathetic
    behavior
    of
    Germans.
  18. annihilation
    total destruction
    My heart aches
    as I read
    details
    of the bestial
    murder of 300,000 Jews
    of the annihilation of the youth
    of the Polish aristocracy
    accusations
    of
    the
    apathetic
    behavior
    of
    Germans.
  19. aristocracy
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
    My heart aches
    as I read
    details
    of the bestial
    murder of 300,000 Jews
    of the annihilation of the youth
    of the Polish aristocracy
    accusations
    of
    the
    apathetic
    behavior
    of
    Germans.
  20. apathetic
    marked by a lack of interest
    My heart aches
    as I read
    details
    of the bestial
    murder of 300,000 Jews
    of the annihilation of the youth
    of the Polish aristocracy
    accusations
    of
    the
    apathetic
    behavior
    of
    Germans.
  21. complicity
    guilt as a confederate in a crime or offense
    Worse, when I read
    a German shouldn't only feel pity—
    no, much more: complicity
    guilt washes over me
    over what I’ve done
    and haven’t done
  22. armament
    weaponry used by military or naval force
    My resolve steadies
    as I read the next leaflet’s call for
    sabotage in armament plants,
    sabotage at all gatherings,
    sabotage in the areas of science and scholarship,
    sabotage in all publications.
  23. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
    While all of the leaflets are
    dangerous, while all of them are
    treasonous, this one is
    more—pithy, sharp, aggressive.
  24. mystique
    an aura of heightened interest surrounding a person or thing
    The White Rose is
    the perfect name
    for these efforts—
    poetic, pure, full of mystique—
  25. atelier
    a studio especially for an artist or designer
    Leaflets in hand,
    I present myself in the
    atelier—a private space our new
    friend Manfred offered
    Hans for gatherings while he’s
    away on business.
  26. brash
    offensively bold
    With her conviction,
    her confession,
    her brashness,
    she has brought all of this
    upon herself.
  27. bleak
    offering little or no hope
    After the boys catch their train,
    I’ll be off to Ulm, with
    nothing more
    than the promise
    of a bleak summer working
    in an armaments factory
  28. shroud
    cover as if with a burial garment
    The silence
    shrouding the room
    overwhelms.
  29. earnest
    devout or heartfelt
    His eyes wide and bright, Hans shakes
    Professor Huber’s hand,
    Christoph blinks furiously like he’s willing
    back tears, whispers
    earnest thoughts to Alex.
  30. ghetto
    the restricted quarter of European cities where Jews lived
    We share cigarettes,
    coughing not when the smoke

    enters our lungs,
    but when we stub them out

    and breathe in the polluted city air
    that seems to grow thicker around the ghetto
Created on Tue Jul 23 16:03:36 EDT 2019 (updated Tue Jul 23 16:16:31 EDT 2019)

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