The Hate U Give - Chapters 15-17

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• A stack A pile of objects, typically one that is neatly arranged.
• Backfire Of a plan: to have the opposite result from the one you intended.
• Stubborn A person that is determined to do what he or she wants and refuses to do anything else.
• Salvage To save goods from damage or destruction, especially from a ship that has sunk or been damaged or a building that has been damaged by fire or a flood.
• DA In the United States, a district attorney (DA), state's attorney or state attorney is the chief prosecutor for a local government area, typically a county.
• A prosecutor A legal official who accuses someone of committing a crime, especially in a law court.
• Grand jury In the US, a group of people who decide if a person who has been charged with a crime should be given a trial in a law court.
• Proceedings Legal action, and/or: a series of events that happen in a planned and controlled way.
• Pity A feeling of sadness or sympathy for someone else's unhappiness or difficult situation.
• A piece A gun.
• Blasphemous Considered offensive to God or religion.
• A G A thousand dollars.
• Where he at Where is he (slang).
• Disgusting Extremely unpleasant or unacceptable.
• Pediatrics The science or study of medical care for children.
• Threat A suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed.
• Blazer A type of formal jacket that often is a different colour from the trousers or skirt that are worn with it. In the UK a blazer often has the symbol of a school or organization sewn on the front pocket and is worn as part of a uniform.
• Prom A formal party held for older students at the end of the school year, at which there is dancing.
• Tho Though (Slang).
• Bravery Showing no fear of dangerous or difficult things.
• Dry snitch To reveal a secret or to draw unwanted attention to another person under the guise of doing it accidentally, doing it for the person's own good, or being helpful. To indirectly snitch someone out, without actually informing on someone.
• Twerk To do a style of dancing that involves bending low and moving the bottom and hips.
• A tad A little, slightly.
• To drape To hang or cover with something loosely and often in a decorative way.
• A pervert A person whose sexual behaviour is considered strange and unpleasant by most people.

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