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  • 51persuasion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. argument, plea, exhortation; conviction; influence, insistence. See belief, cause. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of persuading] Syn. inducing, suasion, influencing, enticing, enticement, exhorting,… …

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  • 52temptation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. attraction, enticement, allurement; bait; siren song; provocativeness. See desire. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lure, attraction, fascination, appeal, inducement, bait, fancy, hankering, provocation, yen.… …

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  • 53enticement — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of attracting] Syn. allurement, temptation, seduction; see attraction 1 . 2. [That which attracts] Syn. lure, bait, promise; see attraction 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The power or quality of attracting:… …

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  • 54entrapment — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. snare, ambush, inveiglement; see capture , deception 1 , trap 1 , trick 1 …

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  • 55inducement — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bait, lure, stimulus; see attraction 2 , incentive , temptation . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. incentive, motive, *carrot, stimulus, spur, enticement, instigation, reason, cause, *come on. III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …

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  • 56invitation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of inviting] Syn. summons, solicitation, request, bidding, call, compliments, bid*, invite*; see also request . 2. [That which invites] Syn. note, card, message, call, encouragement, overture, offer, proposition,… …

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  • 57seduction — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. enticement, temptation, bewitchment, subjugation, corruption; see also rape , violation 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. persuasion, enticement, temptation, allurement, tantalizing, trap, beguile ment, tease. III (Roget …

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  • 58allurement — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The power or quality of attracting: allure, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, call, charisma, charm, draw, enchantment, enticement, fascination, glamour, lure, magnetism, witchery. Informal: pull. See LIKE. 2.… …

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  • 59inveigle — [ɪn vi:g(ə)l, ɪn veɪg(ə)l] verb (usu. inveigle someone into) persuade by deception or flattery. Derivatives inveiglement noun Origin C15: from Anglo Norman Fr. envegler, alt. of OFr. aveugler to blind …

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  • 60enticement — n. Allurement, lure, attraction, temptation, decoy, bait, seduction, inveiglement, inducement, persuasion …

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