Sentence:  It had come as no <WSD>great</WSD> surprise to Matson that the hot water in the showers did n't work , that Loren Severe had thrown up all over the stairs , or that some thieving bastard of a cop had walked off with his cigarettes . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind