Sentence:  But there is every reason to regard deal as a monosyllable , and because of the fact that / l / commonly has the quality of / / when it follows vowel sounds , deal seems to <WSD>be</WSD> a perfectly satisfactory rhyme with real . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)