pompous
impressive
impressionistic
sensitive
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The correct answer is: A. pompous
Pompous means having or showing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.
The other options are:
- Impressive: causing admiration through size, quality, or achievement.
- Impressionistic: relating to or characteristic of impressionism, a style of painting and music that emphasizes the artist’s subjective impressions of the subject rather than objective reality.
- Sensitive: easily affected by external stimuli or conditions.
In the context of the question, the lecturer is described as “unfailingly bombastic.” This means that the lecturer always speaks in a way that is full of self-importance and exaggerates their own abilities. This is consistent with the definition of pompous, which is “having or showing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.” The other options are not as consistent with the description of the lecturer. For example, the lecturer is not described as being impressive, impressionistic, or sensitive.