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::: charm - quality of pleasing; amulet; action or formula thought to have magical power; spell; V: attract; cast a spell on; bewitch
::: tautological - needlessly repetitious; Ex. ``It was visible to the eye''; N. tautology: needless repetition of the same sense; statement that is always true
::: entice - lure; persuade to do (something wrong); attract; tempt
::: senility - old age; feeblemindedness of old age; ADJ. senile: resulting from old age; showing the weakness of body or mind from old age; Ex. senile dementia
::: sardonic - scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; Ex. sardonic smile
::: specious - seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
::: subside - sink to a lower level; settle down; sink to the bottom (as a sediment); descend; grow quiet; become less; moderate; abate
::: adjunct - something attached to but holding an inferior position
::: magnanimity - generosity; ADJ. magnanimous: generous
::: incipient - beginning; in an early stage