| A | B |
|---|
| stoop | porch entrance |
| grub | food |
| demon seed | devil from birth |
| shrugged | raised her shoulders |
| crammed | squeezed in (studied all night) |
| stereotype | oversimplified concept of people |
| bobbed | moving up and down |
| baddest | coolest or best |
| brothers | African Americans |
| yo | hi or hello |
| hypothermia | lowered body temperature |
| hanging | spending time together |
| shoehorn | tool used to put shoes on feet |
| weird | strange or unusual |
| step | go out |
| jutted | stuck out |
| pinging | sound of rain on windows |
| diabetes | blood disorder from lack of insulin |
| mimicking | making fun of; imitating |
| allergies | body's reaction to a toxic substance |
| flinching | backing away from |
| grace | state of goodness or a prayer |
| homeboys | friends from the neighborhood |
| quivery | shaking or fluttering |
| harmonica | musical instrument |
| trout | a fish, in Laf's dream |
| fusses | making a big deal of something |
| sliver | a small amount or thin space |
| Lala | Newcharlie's name for Lafayette |
| Newcharlie | Lafayette's name for Newcharlie |
| Tyree | parent figure |
| responsible | a word to describe Tyree |
| angy | a word to describe Charlie |
| sad | a word to describe Lafayetts |
| kind | a word to describe Aunt Cecile |
