Sentence:  Leavitt , as he entered the jury room , said he <WSD>was</WSD> prepared to answer questions about the $ 12500 his liquor firm paid to Stein for `` labor consultant work '' with five unions which organized Leavitt 's workers . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)