entice
en-TYSEverbMeaning to attract or tempt by offering something pleasant
Memory hook en-TICE: ICE cream draws you IN. A big sign for cold ice cream hangs over the shop on a hot day, and everyone walking by turns and heads inside: the sign entices them.
The smell of popcorn enticed us into the theater lobby.
In context To entice new members, the chess club offered free lessons and hot cocoa at every meeting, and soon three times as many students showed up.
Similar tempt, lure, attract, allure
Opposite repel, deter