Sentence:  It <WSD>seems</WSD> that Khrushchev himself took a very special pride in having made a world-shaking contribution to Marxist doctrine with his Draft Program ( a large part of his twelve-hour speech at the recent Congress was , in fact , very largely a rehash of that interminable document ) . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  seem to be true, probable, or apparent