Sentence:  Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her <WSD>personality</WSD> to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make a person (or thing) distinct from another.