Sentence:  And in a concluding chapter about America 's stance in the contemporary world , one <WSD>senses</WSD> certain misplacements of emphasis and a failure to come to grips with the baffling riddle of our time : How to deal with a wily and aggressive enemy without appeasement and without war . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles