Question

When we speak of the flavor of a word, we're talking about the extra understood meanings that it carries in addition to its main meaning. These extra meanings are called        A. denotations.   B. connotations.   C. definitions.   D. synonyms. please help.

Answer 1

I believe the correct answer would be B. This is correct because words can cause emotions to be evoked. For example:
(1) The house is quite smelly.
(2) The house is quite fragrant.
Number one has negative connotation because when a person thinks of smelly they think of something that smells bad. On the other hand, when you hear fragrant you might think of a nice smelling perfume.