GLOSSARY "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" CHAPTER 10

-CLEANSE: To free from, for example, dirt or guilt.

-DRESSER: A chest of drawers often supporting a mirror and typically used for holding clothes and personal items.

-DUTY: An act or a course that is required of one by position, social custom, law or religion.

-MAHOGANY: The wood of different kinds of tropical American trees.

-SWAY: To incline or bend to one side.

-WRAP: To arrange or fold something as cover or protection.

-TIGHTEN: Fixed or fastened firmly in place.

-SIDESHOW: A small show offered in addition to the main attraction, as at a circus.

-DEED: Something that is carried out.

-BRASS: A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc, sometimes including small amounts of other materials.