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. definitions.
B. synonyms.
C. denotations.
D. connotations.
D. Connotations. It can't be definitions, or synonyms because one defines and the other are words that are similar to each other. Denotations are the opposite, according to the prefix. So, it has to be connotations.