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Spell Bee Word: Recluse


What does recluse mean?

Word: Recluse

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Recluse means a person who lives alone and keeps away from other people, often by choice.

Synonyms: loner

How do you spell recluse?

Syllables: re - cluse

Tricky part: The ending sounds like loose, but it is spelt luse, with a single u and an e at the end.

Watch out for: recloose, reclouse

Memory tip: Recluse ends exactly as excuse does: u, s, e.

Recluse in a sentence

Example 1: The old painter became a recluse and hardly left his house in the hills.

Example 2: After becoming famous, the singer turned into a recluse to avoid reporters.

Example 3: My cat behaves like a recluse whenever guests arrive and hides under the bed.

Fun Fact

The American poet Emily Dickinson was famous for living like a recluse, rarely leaving her family home in her later years.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

recluse

a) tenant
b) host
c) hermit
d) visitor

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c) hermit. A hermit lives alone, far from others, just like a recluse.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lucsere

a) rescue
b) secure
c) ulcers
d) recluse

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d) recluse. The l in the jumble rules out rescue and secure, and ulcers is one letter short.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My grandfather jokes that he will become a rekluse once he retires to his village.

a) grandfather
b) village
c) jokes
d) rekluse

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d) rekluse. The k sound after re is spelt with a c.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) seclution
b) recluse
c) privasy
d) isolatted

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b) recluse. Isolated has one t, privacy has a c, and seclusion ends in sion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A recluse would most likely ____.

a) lead the school parade
b) host a big party every week
c) work at a busy shop counter
d) stay at home and avoid visitors

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d) stay at home and avoid visitors

2. Which word best describes the life of a recluse?

a) crowded
b) public
c) noisy
d) solitary

Show answer

d) solitary

Associated Words

Words that end in -use: fuse, greenhouse, amuse, excuse, lighthouse, confuse

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