The Closing Word: Adventitious
This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
Pronounced: (AD-ven-TISH-us)
Adjective:
1. associated by chance and not an integral part
2. coming from outside: not inherent or native
3. appearing in an unusual or abnormal place.
From Vocabulary.com: “Adventitious is a word you use to talk about things that “just kind of happen,” not because you are trying to do them, but because they just come along.”
Example:
“When my clients got lost on their way to my office, the adventitious detour introduced them to a neighborhood where they later purchased a home.”
