LUXURY

high-end /ˌhaɪ ˈend/ (adj):

#1. intended for people who want very good quality products and who do not mind how much they cost.

high-end video equipment/ a high-end department store.

#2. wanting very good quality products, and willing to pay a lot of money for them.

high-end consumers.

fancy /ˈfænsi/ (adj):

#1. (sometimes disapproving) expensive or connected with an expensive way of life.

fancy restaurants with fancy prices.

Don't come back with any fancy ideas.

#2. (North American English) (of food) of high quality.

luxurious /lʌɡˈʒʊəriəs/ /lʌɡˈʒʊriəs/ (adj):

#1. ​very comfortable; containing expensive things that give pleasure.

SYNONYM sumptuous

a luxurious hotel

luxurious surroundings

The car felt luxurious.

OPPOSITE spartan

luxuriously /lʌɡˈʒʊəriəsli/ /lʌɡˈʒʊriəsli/ (adv):

#1. ​in a way that is very comfortable and full of expensive things that give pleasure.

SYNONYM sumptuously

luxuriously comfortable

a luxuriously furnished apartment.

luxury /ˈlʌkʃəri/ (n):

(plural luxuries)

in the lap of luxury (idiom):

# ​in easy, comfortable conditions, and enjoying the advantages of being rich; Having a luxurious and comfortable life due to one's abundant money and resources.

- We spent two weeks in the hotel living in the lap of luxury.

- The fact that he grew up in the lap of luxury was used to discredit the candidate's claim of wanting to represent working-class citizens.

- After winning the lottery, they moved to Paris to live in the lap of luxury.

luxuriate /lʌɡˈʒʊərieɪt/ /lʌɡˈʒʊrieɪt/ (v):

>>> luxuriate in (phr.v):

#1. to relax while enjoying something very pleasant.

She luxuriated in all the attention she received.

sumptuous /ˈsʌmptʃuəs/ (adj):

# (formal) ​very expensive and looking very impressive.

a sumptuous meal

We dined in sumptuous surroundings.

The interior is decorated in sumptuous reds and golds.

florid

cost/ pay an arm and a leg (idiom):

​#1. (informal) to cost/ pay a lot of money.

These shoes cost me an arm and a leg.

exorbitant /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/ (adj):

#1. (formal) ​(of a price) much too high.

exorbitant costs/ fares/ fees/ prices/ rents.

It’s a good hotel but the prices are exorbitant.

prosperity /prɒˈsperəti/ /prɑːˈsperəti/ (n):

# [uncountable] ​the state of being successful, especially in making money.

SYNONYM affluence

Our future prosperity depends on economic growth.

The country is enjoying a period of peace and prosperity.