Sentence:  The wife , Amra , and her lover are both savagely portrayed , she as incarnate sensuality , `` voluptuous '' and `` indolent '' , possibly `` a mischief maker '' , with `` a kind of luxurious cunning '' to <WSD>set</WSD> against her apparent simplicity , her `` bird like brain '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state