SAT vocabulary
Entice
To attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.
Example
"The aroma of freshly baked cookies was enough to entice even the most disciplined dieter."
Etymology
From Old French 'enticier' (to instigate, to incite), from Vulgar Latin '*intitiare' (to set on fire).
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