As I Lay Dying Set 4

Question 1

Accretion (n)

Answer 1

1. The process of growing by organic enlargement; continued and esp. gradual growth. Also: the amount accreted in this manner. Both physical and non physical contexts. Growing from external sources.

Question 2

Proscenium (n)

Answer 2

1. Senses relating to the theatre.

2. In extended use: a part extending in front of something; the foreground, the front.

Question 3

Penitentiary (n)

Answer 3

Originally and chiefly North American. A prison. (Now the usual sense.)

Question 4

Interstices (n)

Answer 4

An intervening space of time; an interval between actions. Now rare.