Sentence:  Added to the argument was the fact that while she might have tasted the coffee if it had been still hot , she might even have drunk some of it , she would n't have taken enough to kill her , for she would have been warned by its <WSD>taste</WSD> . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus