The Tattooist of Auschwitz
| rattles | make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sounds. | |
| gauge | an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something. | |
| balled-up | confused or frustrated. | |
| wedged | fix in position using a wedge. | |
| stench | a strong and very unpleasant smell. | |
| snatched | quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way. | |
| scarlet | of a brilliant red colour. | |
| poppies | a herbaceous plant with showy flowers, milky sap, and rounded seed capsules. Many poppies contain alkaloids and are a source of drugs such as morphine and codeine. | |
| squirming | wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort. | |
| gloom | partial or total darkness. | |
| Bratislava | Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is set along the Danube River by the border with Austria and Hungary. | |
| potend | be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen. | |
| rasping | harsh-sounding and unpleasant; grating. | |
| seamstress | a woman who sews, especially one who earns her living by sewing. | |
| acquiescing | accept something reluctantly but without protest. | |
| commotion | a state of confused and noisy disturbance. | |
| skirmish | an episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets. | |
| crouching | adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to avoid detection or to defend oneself. | |
| startled | feeling or showing sudden shock or alarm. | |
| meagre | (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality. | |
| trudge | walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions. | |
| wrought | (of metals) beaten out or shaped by hammering. | |
| corralled | gather together and confine (a group of people or things). | |
| demeanour | outward behaviour or bearing. | |
| antagonise | cause (someone) to become hostile. | |
| arsonist | a person who commits arson(the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.) | |
| rankness | growing with excessive luxuriance | |
| grime | dirt ingrained on the surface of something. | |
| determinedly | in a manner displaying resolve and determination. | |
| sodden | saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through. | |
| chafes | (with reference to a part of the body) make or become sore by rubbing against something. | |
| semi-delirious | a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc. | |
| drenched | wet thoroughly; soak. | |
| bedraggled | dishevelled. | |
| albeit | though. | |
| kapo | A kapo or prisoner functionary was a prisoner in a Nazi camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks. Also called “prisoner self-administration”, the prisoner functionary system minimized costs by allowing camps to function with fewer SS personnel. | |
| jockey | a person who rides in horse races, especially as a profession. | |
| oaf | a man who is rough or clumsy and unintelligent. | |
| dogsbody | a person who is given menial tasks to do, especially a junior in an office. | |
| canister | a round or cylindrical container used for storing such things as food, chemicals, or rolls of film. | |
| nimble | quick and light in movement or action; agile. | |
| upends | set or turn (something) on its end or upside down. | |
| retching | make the sound and movement of vomiting. | |
| inferno | a large fire that is dangerously out of control. | |
| Typhus | an infectious disease caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium, and historically a cause of high mortality during wars and famines. There are several forms, transmitted by vectors such as lice, ticks, mites, and rat fleas | |
| defiling | damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil. | |
| haggard | looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering. | |
| emaciated | abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. | |
| Hebrew | Hebrew is a Northwest Semitic language native to Israel. | |
| shepherd | a person who tends and rears sheep. | |
| flinch | make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise.”she flinched at the acidity in his voice” | |
| immaculate | perfectly clean, neat, or tidy. | |
| mannequin | a dummy used to display clothes in a shop window. | |
| scones | a small unsweetened or lightly sweetened cake made from flour, fat, and milk and sometimes having added fruit. | |
| jacquard | an apparatus with perforated cards, fitted to a loom to facilitate the weaving of figured and brocaded fabrics. | |
| dulcet | (especially of sound) sweet and soothing (often used ironically). | |
| concierge | (especially in France) a resident caretaker of a block of flats or a small hotel. | |
| quartet | a group of four people playing music or singing together. | |
| silhouetted | cast or show (someone or something) as a dark shape and outline against a brighter background.”the castle was silhouetted against the sky” | |
| maitre d’ | the head waiter of a restaurant. | |
| rifling | the arrangement of spiral grooves on the inside of a rifle barrel. | |
| jostled | push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd. | |
| scrawny | (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony. | |
| attache | a small, flat, rigid, rectangular case used for carrying documents. | |
| ladle | a large long-handled spoon with a cup-shaped bowl, used for serving soup or sauce. | |
| surreptitious | kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of. | |
| tick you off | make someone annoyed or angry. | |
| collaborator | a person who works jointly on an activity or project; an associate. | |
| filing | a small particle rubbed off by a file when smoothing or shaping something. | |
| transcribing | put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed form. | |
| Politische abteilung | The Politische Abteilung (“Political Department”), also called the “concentration camp Gestapo,” was one of the five departments of a Nazi concentration camp set up by the Concentration Camps Inspectorate (CCI) to operate the camps. An outpost of both the Gestapo and the criminal police (Kripo), the political department evolved into the most important of the five. | |
| snorts | an explosive sound made by the sudden forcing of breath through one’s nose, used to express indignation, derision, or incredulity. | |
| holster | a holder for carrying a handgun or other firearm, typically made of leather and worn on a belt or under the arm. | |
| bellows | a device with an air bag that emits a stream of air when squeezed together with two handles, used for blowing air into a fire. | |
| squealing | say something in a high-pitched, excited tone. | |
| splaying | thrust or spread (things, especially limbs or fingers) out and apart. | |
| auspice | a divine or prophetic token. | |
| milling | (of a machine) designed to cut or shape metal using a rotating tool. | |
| strides off | To depart or walk away with long steps, especially in a hasty, vigorous, or determined manner. | |
| groin | the area between the abdomen and the upper thigh on either side of the body. | |
| reverberate | (of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo. | |
| partake | eat or drink (something). | |
| baton | a thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir. | |
| curt | rudely brief. | |
| cuff | the end part of a sleeve, where the material of the sleeve is turned back or a separate band is sewn on. | |
| strobes | a stroboscope.;an electronic flash for a camera. | |
| kaleidoscope | a toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of coloured glass or paper, whose reflections produce changing patterns when the tube is rotated. | |
| discreet | careful and prudent in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to keep something confidential or to avoid embarrassment. | |
| emblazoned | conspicuously inscribe or display a design on. | |
| provenance | the place of origin or earliest known history of something. | |
| sidles | walk in a furtive, unobtrusive, or timid manner, especially sideways or obliquely. | |
| upbeats | (in music) an unaccented beat preceding an accented beat. | |
| earshot | the range or distance over which one can hear or be heard. | |
| lurches | make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger. | |
| vial | a small container, typically cylindrical and made of glass, used especially for holding liquid medicines. | |
| fondles | stroke or caress lovingly or erotically. | |
| unobtrusive | not conspicuous or attracting attention. | |
| scramble | make one’s way quickly or awkwardly up a steep gradient or over rough ground by using one’s hands as well as one’s feet. | |
| emblazoned | conspicuously inscribe or display a design on. | |
| Gypsies | a nomadic or free-spirited person. | |
| Fuhrer | a tyrannical leader. | |
| four poster bed | a bed with a post at each corner supporting a canopy. | |
| imminent | about to happen. | |
| swagger | walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way. | |
| distend | swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside. | |
| singlet | sleeveless garment worn under or instead of a shirt; a vest. | |
| straddles | sit or stand with one leg on either side of. | |
| tag | a label attached to someone or something for the purpose of identification or to give other information. | |
| bastardised | change (something) in such a way as to lower its quality or value, typically by adding new elements. | |
| toddles | (of a young child) move with short unsteady steps while learning to walk. | |
| chiding | full of rebuke; critical. | |
| materialises | become actual fact; happen. | |
| vantage | a place or position affording a good view of something. | |
| furtively | in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively. | |
| pallor | an unhealthy pale appearance. | |
| goblet | a drinking glass with a foot and a stem. | |
| eunuch | an ineffectual person | |
| smattering | a slight superficial knowledge of a language or subject. | |
| incredulous | (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something. | |
| slinks | move smoothly and quietly with gliding steps, in a stealthy or sensuous manner. | |
| cringes | bend one’s head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner. | |
| Kaddish | an ancient Jewish prayer sequence regularly recited in the synagogue service, including thanksgiving and praise and concluding with a prayer for universal peace. | |
| jarred | send a painful or damaging shock through (something, especially a part of the body). | |
| persecution | hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs; oppression. | |
| jangle | make or cause to make a ringing metallic sound, typically a discordant one. | |
| enormity | the great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong. | |
| birch | a slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber. | |
| yelps | a short, sharp cry, especially of pain or alarm. | |
| feigned | simulated or pretended; insincere | |
| snarls | (of an animal such as a dog) make an aggressive growl with bared teeth. | |
| diminutive | extremely or unusually small. | |
| merest | used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is. | |
| turf | grass and the surface layer of earth held together by its roots. | |
| flogged | beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment. | |
| ensue | happen or occur afterwards or as a result. | |
| mutilated | inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on. | |
| belching | emit wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth. | |
| unholstered | remove (a gun) from a holster. | |
| pandemonium | wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. | |
| admonishes | warn or reprimand someone firmly. | |
| glimmer | a faint or wavering light. | |
| extermination | killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals. | |
| glean | obtain (information) from various sources, often with difficulty. | |
| plummet | fall or drop straight down at high speed. | |
| qualms | an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct; a misgiving. | |
| cower | crouch down in fear. | |
| derailed | cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally. | |
| groggy | dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness, intoxication, sleep, or a blow. | |
| corralled | gather together and confine (a group of people or things). | |
| fiddling | annoyingly trivial or petty. | |
| mahogany | hard reddish-brown timber from a tropical tree, used for quality furniture. | |
| insignia | a distinguishing badge or emblem of military rank, office, or membership of an organization. | |
| ebony | heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree.;a very dark brown or black colour. | |
| tiffiny lamp | A Tiffany lamp is a type of lamp with a glass shade made with glass designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany and his design studio. | |
| entice | attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage. | |
| sumptuous | splendid and expensive-looking. | |
| chalet | a wooden house with overhanging eaves, typically found in the Swiss Alps | |
| al dente | (of food, typically pasta) cooked so as to be still firm when bitten. | |
| clang | a loud, resonant metallic sound or series of sounds. | |
| ledger | A ledger is the principal book or computer file for recording and totaling economic transactions measured in terms of a monetary unit of account by account type, with debits and credits in separate columns and a beginning monetary balance and ending monetary balance for each account. | |
| prepared to duck | If someone ducks someone else, they force them or their head under water for a short time | |
| rummages | search unsystematically and untidily through something. | |
| marks | In 1990 the deutsche mark became the official currency of reunified Germany | |
| peruse | read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way. | |
| haggling | dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something. | |
| balustrade | a railing supported by balusters, especially one forming an ornamental parapet to a balcony, bridge, or terrace. | |
| tut | used to express disapproval or annoyance. | |
| foreboding | a feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension. | |
| interspersed | scatter among or between other things; place here and there. | |
| palings | a fence made from pointed wooden or metal posts. | |
| marauding | going about in search of things to steal or people to attack. | |
| sacrosanct | (especially of a principle, place, or routine) regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with. | |
| disdain | the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect. |
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