Sentence:  Charles Gould assumed that if the appearance of listening to deplorable <WSD>balderdash</WSD> must form part of the price he had to pay for being left unmolested, the obligation of uttering <WSD>balderdash</WSD> personally was by no means included in the bargain. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.