First published in 1924, Augustus Carp Esq, by Henry Howarth Bashford, is a spoof autobiography: a deadpan comic account of a climb to the heights of mediocrity by a humourless, religious oaf told in his own self-important, sermonizing tone.
Below is vocabulary words drawn from the book, sorted in alphabetical order.
A (1241)
Aback (2)
Abandon (1)
Abandoned (1)
Abandoning (2)
Abated (1)
Abbreviate (1)
Abbreviated (1)
Abbreviation (1)
Abdomen (8)
Abdominal (3)
Aberdeen (3)
Abilities (1)
Ability (2)
Able (34)
Abode (1)
Abortively (1)
About (45)
Above (8)
Abraham (4)
Abroad (1)
Abrogation (1)
Abruptly (7)
Absence (5)
Absent (2)
Absolutely (5)
Absolving (1)
Absorb (1)
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Absorbing (1)
Absorption (1)
Abundant (4)
Abundantly (1)
Abyss (1)
Babe (1)
Bacillus (1)
Back (48)
Backed (1)
Background (1)
Backs (3)
Backwards (2)
Bad (1)
Bade (3)
Badge (1)
Baffled (1)
Bag (4)
Baggy (1)
Bags (2)
Bairns (1)
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Baking (1)
Balance (2)
Bald (1)
Baleful (1)
Balfour (13)
Balham (3)
Ball (2)
Bally (1)
Balm (1)
Band (1)
Banisters (2)
Baptism (5)
Bar (1)
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Baritone (1)
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Barrister (1)
Base (1)
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Basin (6)
Basis (1)
Bass (2)
Bathing (1)
Batten (1)
Battery (1)
Bawled (1)
Book (12)
For (493)
Imperative (4)
My (1094)
No (106)
Of (1719)
Parents (10)
Personal (23)
Present (30)
Their (104)
This (262)
Under (36)
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