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  • 31stop — I. verb (stopped; stopping) Etymology: Middle English stoppen, from Old English stoppian, from Vulgar Latin *stuppare to stop with tow, from Latin stuppa tow, from Greek styppē Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to close by filling or… …

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  • 32sudden — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English sodain, from Anglo French sudain, from Latin subitaneus, from subitus sudden, from past participle of subire to come up, from sub up + ire to go more at sub , issue Date: 14th century 1. a. happening or… …

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  • 33wham — I. noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1739 1. a solid blow 2. the loud sound of a hard impact II. adverb or whammo Date: 1924 with violent abruptness < everything was going well; then wham the deal fell through > …

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  • 38Younger Dryas — Three temperature records, the GRIP sequence (red) showing the Younger Dryas event at around 11.0&#160;ka&#160;BP. The vertical axis shows δ18O, which is a temperature proxy showing the water molecule isotopic composition of 18O in an ice core …

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