Question

I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking.

Answer 1

Answer:

Negative

Explanation:

if you walk into a room and say there is the smell of someone's cooking you think something along the lines of 'yum, i wonder what their cooking but it smells good', whereas, if you walk into a room and say there is the stench of someone's cooking you think something along the lines of 'eww what the heck are they cooking'. stench has a negative connotation because it changes the sentence by making the cooking sound disgusting whereas smell makes the cooking sound fragrant and absolutely delicious.

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