Sentence:  I could evoke no further elaboration from her about this ; but a few <WSD>seconds</WSD> later she was standing directly across the room from me , looking me in the eyes and saying in a scathingly condemnatory tone , `` Your father despises you '' ! 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites