En·dem·ic /enˈdemɪk, ɪn-/ adjective

delicious having a very good taste: This cake is delicious! | a delicious meal
disgusting/revolting having a very bad taste: The medicine tasted disgusting. | They had to eat revolting things, like fish eyes.
sweet tasting full of sugar: The oranges were very sweet.
tasty especially spoken tasting good and with plenty of flavour: She cooked us a simple but tasty meal. | That was really tasty!
sour/tart having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does – used especially when this is rather unpleasant: The apples were a little sour. | The wine has rather a tart taste, which not everyone will like.
tangy having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does, in a way that seems good: The dressing was nice and tangy.
bitter having a strong taste which is not sweet and is sometimes rather unpleasant – used for example about black coffee, or chocolate without sugar: bitter chocolate | The medicine had rather a bitter taste. | Hops give beer its distinctive bitter taste.
salty containing a lot of salt: Danish salami has a salty flavour.
hot/spicy having a burning taste because it contains strong spices: I love hot curries. | a spicy tomato sauce
piquant /ˈpiːkənt/ formal a little spicy – used especially by people who write about food. This word can sound rather PRETENTIOUS in everyday conversation: cooked vegetables in a piquant sauce
mild not having a strong or hot taste – usually used about foods that can sometimes be spicy: a mild curry
bland not having an interesting taste: I found the sauce rather bland.
scan·dal·ize (also scandalise British English) /ˈskændəl-aɪz/ verb [transitive usually passive]
to make people feel very shocked SYN shock:
His outspoken views scandalized the nation.
te·di·um /ˈtiːdiəm/ noun [uncountable]
the feeling of being bored because the things you are doing are not interesting and continue for a long time without changing SYN boredom:
We sang while we worked, to relieve the tedium.
tedium of
the tedium of everyday life
ver·tig·i·nous /vɜːˈtɪdʒənəs, vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs $ vɜːr-/ adjective formal
so high that you feel sick and DIZZY:
a vertiginous drop to the valley below
ren·dez·vous1 /ˈrɒndəvuː, ˈrɒndɪvuː, -deɪ- $ ˈrɑːndeɪ-/ noun (plural rendezvous /-vuːz/)
1 [countable] an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place, often secretly
rendezvous with

He made a rendezvous with her in Times Square.

plans for a secret rendezvous
2 [countable usually singular] a place where two or more people have arranged to meet:
Boats picked us up at pre-arranged rendezvous.
3 [countable] a bar, restaurant etc where people like to meet:
a popular rendezvous for media people
dangle something in front of somebody/before somebody to offer something good to someone, in order to persuade them to do something:
A good pay package and a company car were dangled in front of her.
harness2 verb [transitive]
1 to control and use the natural force or power of something:
We can harness the power of the wind to generate electricity.
2 to fasten two animals together, or to fasten an animal to something using a harness
3 to put a harness on a horse
cav·ern /ˈkævən $ -ərn/ noun [countable]
a large CAVE11 crack a joke to tell a joke:
He kept cracking jokes about my appearance.
12 crack a smile to smile, usually only slightly or unwillingly:
Even Mr Motts managed to crack a smile at that joke.
down·time /ˈdaʊntaɪm/ noun [uncountable]
1 the time when a computer is not working
2 (also down time) informal a period of time when you have finished what you were doing, and you can relax or do something that you had not originally planned to do:
Often, during semesters, you have down time when you can do some exercise.
—downtime adjective:
downtime activities for teachers
snowball2 verb [intransitive]
if a plan, problem, business etc snowballs, it grows bigger at a faster and faster rate:
Interest in the sport is snowballing.
crook1 /krʊk/ noun [countable]
1 informal a dishonest person or a criminal:
The crooks got away across the park.