GRE Word List

ALLURE

to entice by charm or attraction

The meaning of the word allure is to entice by charm or attraction.

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plightto put or give in pledge : engage
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
derangedmentally unsound : crazy
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
legenda story coming down from the past
rebateto reduce the force or activity of : diminish