Sentence:  It was a word he was proud of , a word that meant much to him , and he used it with great pleasure , almost as if it were an exclusive possession , and more : he sensed himself to be <WSD>very</WSD> highly educated , four cuts above any of the folks back home . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal