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allurement

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10 lettersPronunciation /əˈlʊɚmənt/Part of speech nounSorted aeellmnrtuStarts with AEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)

Word origin

From allure + -ment.

Used in a sentence

  • He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
  • That though their Thoughts are ever turn'd upon appearing Aimiable, yet every Feature of their Faces and every Part of their Dress is fill'd with Snares and Allurements.
  • The sheer unimaginableness of coming into her mouth — of coming into anything other than the air or a tissue or a dirty sock — was an allurement too stupendous for a novice to forswear.

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