discernible adj.
- ADJ-GRADED If something is discernible, you can see it or recognize that it exists.
nostalgia n.
- N-UNCOUNT Nostalgia is an affectionate feeling you have for the past, especially for a particularly happy time.
navigation n.
- N-UNCOUNT You can refer to the movement of ships as navigation.
connoisseur n.
- N-COUNT A connoisseur is someone who knows a lot about the arts, food, drink, or some other subject.
cult n.
- N-COUNT A cult is a fairly small religious group, especially one which is considered strange.
- ADJ Cult is used to describe things that are very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
- N-SING Someone or something that is a cult has become very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
- N-COUNT The cult of something is a situation in which people regard that thing as very important or special.
homogeneous adj.
- ADJ-GRADED Homogeneous is used to describe a group or thing which has members or parts that are all the same.
facility n.
- N-COUNT Facilities are buildings, pieces of equipment, or services that are provided for a particular purpose.
- N-COUNT A facility is something such as an additional service provided by an organization or an extra feature on a machine which is useful but not essential.
- N-COUNT If you have a facility for something, for example learning a language, you find it easy to do.
meridian n./adj.
- N-COUNT A meridian is an imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole. Meridians are drawn on maps to help upi describe the position of a place.
cosmopolitan adj.
- ADJ-GRADED A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- ADJ-GRADED Someone who is cosmopolitan has had a lot of contact with people and things from many countries and as a result is very open to different ideas and ways of doing things.
disburse vt.
- VERB To disburse an amount of money means to pay it out, usually from a fund which has been collected for a particular purpose.