A fun way to expand vocabulary, because unlike my waistline, my vocabulary can never be too wide.
sentient: adjective
1. responsive to or conscious of sense impressions
2. having or understanding knowing or knowledge: aware
3. firmly sensitive in perception or feeling
As an adolescent girl, she was highly sentient to every criticism her mother gave her, real or simply just perceived.
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