Sentence:  "She was not exactly a beauty," Emma said of Julia, mentioning that one of Julia's eyes would go out of focus in a cross-eyed condition known as strabismus, “but she was possessed of a lively and pleasing countenance.” There was more to Julia than that: <WSD>high-hearted</WSD>, charming, generous, and very intelligent, she was invariably at the center of every social gathering, the favorite of girls and young men alike. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Full of liveliness and passion, vivacious.