Sentence:  She was like a Beardsley "Salome", he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the <WSD>high</WSD> cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.