Part+2+Ch.+17-20

**ascetic **— practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline **benighted **— existing in a state of intellectual, moral, or social darkness **capricious **— impulsive and unpredictable **choky **— tending to cause choking or to become choked **importation **— something imported **<span style="font-family: Berkeley-Bold,serif; font-size: 12pt;">salvos **<span style="font-family: Berkeley-Medium,serif; font-size: 12pt;">— a sudden burst
 * <span style="font-family: Berkeley-Bold,serif; font-size: 12pt;">bourgeois **<span style="font-family: Berkeley-Medium,serif; font-size: 12pt;">— of, relating to, or characteristic of the townsman or of the social middle class
 * <span style="font-family: Berkeley-Bold,serif; font-size: 12pt;">sedulously **<span style="font-family: Berkeley-Medium,serif; font-size: 12pt;">— involving or accomplished with careful perseverance