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Brave New World
Brave New World Project Game
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lecherous | having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire. |
| Posthumous | occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator. |
| Cajolery | coaxing or flattery intended to persuade someone to do something. |
| Maudlin | self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness. |
| Incredulity | the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something. |
| Incandescence | the emission of light from a hot body as a result of its temperature. |
| Inexorable | impossible to stop or prevent. |
| Sententiously | having or expessing strong opinions about what people should and should not do. |
| Carapace | the hard upper shell of a turtle, crustacean, or arachnid. |
| Coquettish | behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful sexual attraction; flirtatious. |