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Taste

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

1.   saliva    Saliva seems like thick water. It helps the taste buds taste.    The roof of your mouth. It has both hard and soft areas.    These are tiny cells in the skin of the tongue. They react to the chemicals in the food.    These are the muscles and skin around the outside of the mouth. We need them to speak clearly and to smile.

2.   taste buds    This is the big muscle in the middle of your mouth. It helps you form words and sounds. Piercing it can cause an infection.    Sweet things like candy or fruit are tasted on the tip of the tongue.    These are tiny cells in the skin of the tongue. They react to the chemicals in the food.    When the different taste buds have done their job, they tell the brain what they have touched.

3.   bite    Bitter things are tasted on the back of the tongue. We think of them as nasty or harsh. Black coffee is like that.    Salty things are tasted all around the edge of your tongue. Anything which tastes like salt is salty.    Something which is nasty, unpleasant, or disagreeable in the mouth.    Using teeth to cut through something so it can be chewed.

4.   sour    Saliva seems like thick water. It helps the taste buds taste.    Sour things like lemon juice are tasted on the sides of your tongue.    Using teeth to cut through something so it can be chewed.    Salty things are tasted all around the edge of your tongue. Anything which tastes like salt is salty.

5.   sweet    These are tiny cells in the skin of the tongue. They react to the chemicals in the food.    This is the big muscle in the middle of your mouth. It helps you form words and sounds. Piercing it can cause an infection.    Sweet things like candy or fruit are tasted on the tip of the tongue.    The roof of your mouth. It has both hard and soft areas.

6.   tongue    Using teeth to cut through something so it can be chewed.    When the different taste buds have done their job, they tell the brain what they have touched.    This is the big muscle in the middle of your mouth. It helps you form words and sounds. Piercing it can cause an infection.    Sweet things like candy or fruit are tasted on the tip of the tongue.

7.   bitter    Bitter things are tasted on the back of the tongue. We think of them as nasty or harsh. Black coffee is like that.    These are the muscles and skin around the outside of the mouth. We need them to speak clearly and to smile.    Saliva seems like thick water. It helps the taste buds taste.    Sour things like lemon juice are tasted on the sides of your tongue.

8.   lips    Something which is nasty, unpleasant, or disagreeable in the mouth.    These are the muscles and skin around the outside of the mouth. We need them to speak clearly and to smile.    Bitter things are tasted on the back of the tongue. We think of them as nasty or harsh. Black coffee is like that.    This is the big muscle in the middle of your mouth. It helps you form words and sounds. Piercing it can cause an infection.

9.   palate    These are the muscles and skin around the outside of the mouth. We need them to speak clearly and to smile.    Saliva seems like thick water. It helps the taste buds taste.    The roof of your mouth. It has both hard and soft areas.    Using teeth to cut through something so it can be chewed.

10.   salty    The roof of your mouth. It has both hard and soft areas.    These are tiny cells in the skin of the tongue. They react to the chemicals in the food.    Salty things are tasted all around the edge of your tongue. Anything which tastes like salt is salty.    Sour things like lemon juice are tasted on the sides of your tongue.

11.   taste    Something which is nasty, unpleasant, or disagreeable in the mouth.    Bitter things are tasted on the back of the tongue. We think of them as nasty or harsh. Black coffee is like that.    Salty things are tasted all around the edge of your tongue. Anything which tastes like salt is salty.    When the different taste buds have done their job, they tell the brain what they have touched.

12.   bad    Sweet things like candy or fruit are tasted on the tip of the tongue.    Sweet things like candy or fruit are tasted on the tip of the tongue.    Something which is nasty, unpleasant, or disagreeable in the mouth.    This is the big muscle in the middle of your mouth. It helps you form words and sounds. Piercing it can cause an infection.