Sentence:  It was so pretty and artless that she <WSD>felt</WSD> like a child again and would have enjoyed running out barefoot to play on the wet grass with all the growing things , but Doaty never permitted bare feet and she was decidedly not a child but une femme d ' un certain age . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude