Snowglobe: List 1

by Soyoung Park
In stark comparison to the outside world's frozen wasteland, Snowglobe is the perfect, climate-controlled environment where inhabitants enjoy privilege and celebrity, captured on a 24-hour television program that the suffering world watches and envies. But reality under the dome is filled with lies, dark secrets, and inhumanity.

This list covers vocabulary from "The Age of Snowglobe"—"Minus a Character."

Here are links to our lists for the book: List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4, List 5
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  1. antic
    a playful, attention-getting act done for fun and amusement
    I can’t help but laugh at his antics as Grandma shuffles back toward the door with the empty kettle.
  2. geothermal
    of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
    It’s a special settlement that was built atop a geothermal vent and is enclosed in a gigantic weatherproof glass dome.
  3. glower
    look angry or sullen as if to signal disapproval
    “What?” I hiss, glowering back at him.
  4. deadpan
    speak in a deliberately impassive or serious manner
    Fighting back the shame rising up inside me, I deadpan, “Of course I am. What do you think?” and the two of us burst into laughter.
  5. dregs
    the most worthless or undesirable part of something
    “Those who work at a pace of exactly four miles per hour”—the supervisor’s voice pierces through my headphones, jarring me—“are the type of losers with no ambition, no drive, and no future prospects. The dregs of society.”
  6. moniker
    a familiar name for a person
    She is referring to Miryu, of course. That woman. That monster....Just a few of the monikers people have adopted so as to avoid speaking her true, vile name.
  7. eponymous
    relating to a name derived from a person
    In turn, the distinguished Yi family descending from the eponymous founder of the company, Yi Bonn, is commonly called the Yibonns, as opposed to the too-ordinary Yis, which is a reflection of society’s esteem for the family’s role in establishing the institutional framework that has sustained the Snowglobe order all these years.
  8. esteem
    an attitude of admiration
    In turn, the distinguished Yi family descending from the eponymous founder of the company, Yi Bonn, is commonly called the Yibonns, as opposed to the too-ordinary Yis, which is a reflection of society’s esteem for the family’s role in establishing the institutional framework that has sustained the Snowglobe order all these years.
  9. leach
    cause a liquid to slowly seep or be drawn out
    I quickly drop to one knee beside the figure and turn them over onto their side, peeling the ski mask down under their chin so I can listen and feel for breath. And that’s when my heart slams for the second time. It’s Miryu, blood leaching out of her scalp and crusting on her forehead.
  10. cant
    lean or slope to one side
    Jaeri kept revving the engine, which only drove the wheels deeper into the glaze of ice hidden under the snow, further canting the bus at an unnerving angle.
  11. evacuate
    move out of an unsafe location into safety
    Minutes later, they were evacuated to the clinic for emergency care.
  12. frostbite
    damage to bodily tissue caused by extreme cold
    It was there that Mom finally saw Dad again, lying in the ICU, his skin gangrened black and blue from frostbite.
  13. quell
    suppress or crush completely
    Grandma, who had helped deliver Ongi and me at the plant’s clinic, was a living witness whose testimony quelled the last of my suspicions.
  14. notwithstanding
    despite anything to the contrary
    The embarrassing memory notwithstanding, my sense of connection to Haeri only grew stronger over the years. Seeing her twirl in a new summer dress, I would feel my own mood lift, me picturing myself in her clothes.
  15. precariously
    in a manner affording no ease or reassurance
    Who didn’t hold their breath while watching the three-year-old Haeri toddle precariously across the floor with a glass jar in her hands?
Created on Mon Aug 31 19:47:05 EDT 2026 (updated Tue Sep 22 12:25:01 EDT 2026)

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