Book Thief Vocab

Futile:
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile. trifling; frivolous; unimportant.

Corroded:
to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, esp. by chemical action.

Hiatus:
a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.