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Spell Bee Word: Luxury


What does luxury mean?

Word: Luxury

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Luxury means something pleasant and costly that you enjoy but do not really need; also great comfort.

Synonyms: comfort, treat

Antonyms: need

How do you spell luxury?

Syllables: lux - u - ry

Tricky part: Many people say it like 'luk-shuh-ree', but there is no k, s or h in the spelling: one x does all that work.

Watch out for: lukshury, lugzury

Memory tip: Imagine a big gold X stamped on a box of costly chocolates: in luxury, that single x does the job of three sounds.

Luxury in a sentence

Example 1: A holiday abroad is a luxury for most families.

Example 2: A fan was a luxury in my great-grandfather's village.

Example 3: On a hot day, a cold glass of nimbu pani feels like a luxury.

Fun Fact

Luxury comes from the Latin luxus, which meant 'too much' or 'excess'.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

luxury

a) delight
b) pleasure
c) wealth
d) necessity

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d) necessity. A luxury is something extra; a necessity is something you cannot do without.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ruxluy

a) luxury
b) lxuury
c) luxyru
d) luxruy

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a) luxury. Only luxury puts the x in third place.

Word Cookie

Fill in the two missing letters to complete the word:

lux_r_

a) u, y
b) e, y
c) a, y
d) u, i

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a) u, y. After the x comes u again, and the word ends in y.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A long hot bath felt like a luxury after the mudy football match.

a) luxury
b) bath
c) mudy
d) match

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c) mudy. Muddy doubles the d of mud; luxury is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A luxury hotel is likely to have ____.

a) soft beds and a big pool
b) only one tiny room
c) no running water
d) broken ceiling fans

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a) soft beds and a big pool

2. Living in luxury means living ____.

a) in great comfort
b) far from town
c) in a small hut
d) with very little

Show answer

a) in great comfort

Associated Words

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