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 55.child 56.to take care 57.lead pencil 58.sad 59.plum 60.to marry 61.house 62.dear 63.glass 64.to quarrel 65.fur 66.big 67.carrot 68.to paint 69.part 70.old 71.flower 72.to beat 73.box 74.wild 75.family 76.to wash 77.cow 78.friend 79.luck 80.lie 81.deportment 82.narrow 83.brother 84.to fear 85.stork 86.false 87.anxiety 88.to kiss 89.bride 90.pure 91.door 92.to choose 93.hay 94.contented 95.ridicule 96.to sleep 97.month 98.nice 99.woman 100.&ensp;to abuse

This formulary has been constructed after many years of experience. The words are chosen and partially arranged in such a manner as to strike easily almost all complexes of practical occurrence. As shown by the above formulary there is a regular mixing of the grammatical qualities of the words. This, too, has its definite reasons.

Before the experiment begins the test person receives the following instruction: “Answer as quickly as possible the first word that occurs to your mind.” This instruction is so simple that it can easily be followed by anybody. The work itself, moreover, appears extremely easy, so that it might be expected that any one could accomplish it with the greatest facility and promptitude. But contrary to expectation the behavior is quite different.