faculty or sense of taste

tasty

taste, flavour, savour

distasteful, unsavoury, unpalatable

to lose taste

tasty, palatable, savoury

to amend the taste

question closely, searchingly or minutely

question closely, searchingly or minutely

taste, relish

taste, relish, smack the lips

to acquire a taste for something

delicious

advising others what one does not do oneself

self-seeking, selfishness, self-interested

example is better than precept, he does not practise what he preaches

(something) utterly wrong

sense of taste

sense of taste

self-awareness, knowledge

example is better than precept, he does not practise what he preaches