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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2008 May;34(3):680–687. doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.34.3.680

Appendix.

Targets and Their Related Primes

Orthographic Morphological Semantic Target
artery artist craft art
badger badges emblem badge
banner banned prohibit ban
belly bells chime bell
billion billing invoice bill
bitter bitten chewed bit
bowl bows ribbon bow
caper capes cloak cape
card cars auto car
clamor clams oyster clam
dental dented scratch dent
diet dies expire die
dragons dragged tow drag
easel eased comfort ease
examples examines quiz exam
factory facts truth fact
flown flows stream flow
gully gulls pelican gull
halter halted cease halt
humble hummed buzz hum
irony irons steam iron
jacket jacked lever jack
joint joins unite join
lawn laws rule law
lesson lessen fewer less
lettuce letting allow let
liver lived exist live
markets marking check mark
missile missing skip miss
needle needed want need
paddle padded cushion pad
paint pains hurt pain
pawn paws claw paw
pickets picking choose pick
pigment piggish hog pig
pity pits crater pit
planets planned scheme plan
raven raves rant rave
robins robber steal rob
rubbish rubbing massage rub
rustic rusted corrode rust
saddles sadder sorrow sad
scandal scanner peruse scan
seem seen look see
shovel shoved nudge shove
shuttle shutter lock shut
silly sills ledge sill
skillet skilled talent skill
stunt stuns daze stun
trickle tricked deceive trick
turnips turning twist turn
vowel vowed pledge vow
wager wages salary wage
warm wars battle war