Code Name Verity: Part 1, Ormaie 8.X1.43 JB-S–Ormaie 10.X1.43 JB-S

by Elizabeth Wein
Set during World War II, this historical novel tells the story of Julie, a British spy, and Maddie, a pilot. When the friends' plane goes down, Julie must fight to survive in Nazi-occupied France.

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Part 1: Ormaie 8.X1.43 JB-S–Ormaie 10.X1.43 JB-S
Part 1: Ormaie 11.X1.43 JB-S–Ormaie 18.X1.43 JB-S
Part 1: Ormaie 20.X1.43 JB-S–Ormaie 28.X1.43 JB-S
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  1. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
    If I knew or cared...about aircraft types I would be flying planes for the Air Transport Auxiliary, like Maddie, the pilot who dropped me here, or working as a fitter or a mechanic. Not cravenly coughing up facts and figures for the Gestapo.
  2. mire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
    They tore along the high green lanes of Highdown Rise, along tractor ruts that nearly bounced them over drystone field walls and into a bed of mire and nettles and sheep.
  3. nettle
    plant having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation
    They tore along the high green lanes of Highdown Rise, along tractor ruts that nearly bounced them over drystone field walls and into a bed of mire and nettles and sheep.
  4. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
    She was dressed as though she were going on safari, and contrived to be glamorous about it, too.
  5. antechamber
    an outer room or waiting area that leads into another room
    There is another Jacques, a girl, who whistles “Scotland the Brave” if we are taken past each other (my prison is an antechamber to the suite they use for interrogations), or some other battle hymn associated with my heritage, and she spits too.
  6. indulgent
    tolerant or lenient
    Suppose you were a girl in Stockport in 1938, raised by loving and indulgent grandparents, and rather obsessed with engines. Suppose you decided you wanted to learn to fly: really fly. You wanted to fly airplanes.
  7. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
    “Tyro to ground, tyro to ground,” came the call from the training aircraft.
  8. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
    Maddie’s Wellington joyrides were not exactly clandestine, but they weren’t exactly cricket either.
  9. tepid
    moderately warm
    I have a blanket to look forward to afterward, I hope, perhaps a tepid dish of kailketany a la guerre—that is, cabbage and potato mash without the potato and with not very much cabbage.
  10. chignon
    a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck
    The girl was immaculate — not a blue thread out of place, her chignon of long fair hair coiled in regulation neatness two inches above her uniform collar.
  11. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
    They passed them ’round, parsimoniously sharing.
  12. impersonate
    pretend to be someone you are not
    Maddie was sure that anyone bold enough to impersonate an enemy radio operator on the spur of the moment was entirely capable of mocking someone who burst into tears every time she heard a gun fired.
  13. apprehensive
    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
    Everyone mucked in, including the captured German — I think he was rather apprehensive about his fate as a prisoner of war and was just as happy to spend the day stripped to the waist shoveling piles of earth with twenty other pilots than to be moved on to some unknown official internment awaiting him inland.
  14. internment
    confinement during wartime
    Everyone mucked in, including the captured German—I think he was rather apprehensive about his fate as a prisoner of war and was just as happy to spend the day stripped to the waist shoveling piles of earth with twenty other pilots than to be moved on to some unknown official internment awaiting him inland.
  15. unflappable
    not easily perturbed, excited, or upset
    Maddie was quite relieved to see the unflappable wireless operator with her guard down.
Created on Tue Jan 30 19:54:54 EST 2018 (updated Wed Jul 30 10:45:11 EDT 2025)

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