Vocab Practice: Auric

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on April 16, 2015.

Let’s do a practice round!

Auric means:

A) Relating to gold
B) Relating to a bank
C) Relating to size
D) Relating to history

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Cool Word Challenge: Tamp and Auric

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Cool Word Challenge: Just for fun, come up with one sentence that uses both of the cool vocabulary words that you learned this week.

Here are the words again:

Tamp: To press down by patting or packing; to reduce or lessen.

Auric: Relating to, or derived from, gold.

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That’s an Auric Treasure…

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Can you imagine what it must feel like to hold a bar of solid gold?

Gold was once used primarily as a form of currency. Now, many people invest in gold or use it in jewelry.

When gold is held by a bank or traded internationally, it often comes in a standardized gold bar. These bars are weighed in what is known as troy ounces.

Gold bars commonly weigh 400 troy ounces each, which equals about 27 pounds.

According to recent values, a gold bar of this size is worth about $500,000.

That’s quite an auric (see definition and hear pronunciation below) treasure!

Cool word question of the day: If someone gave you an auric treasure as a gift, what would you do with it?

Auric: Relating to, or derived from, gold.

Click here to hear a pronunciation of auric.

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