GLOSSARY "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" CHAPTER 8

-AROUSE: To cause someone to be active, attentive or exited.

-BARN: A large farm building used for storing farm products and sheltering livestock.

-CONCEAL: To keep from being discovered or observed.

-FOOL: One who is deficient in judgement, sense or understanding.

-SOB: To weep aloud with convulsive gasping.

-HESITATE: To pause or wait in uncertainty.

-SCAR: A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed.

-SCORN: Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable.

-THUD: A dull sound, as that of a heavy object striking a solid surface.

-CRAWL: To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground.

-LAD: A boy or young man.

-RACK: A framework or stand in or on which to hold, hang or display various articles.

-SHAH: Used formerly as a title for the hereditary monarch of Iran.