Question

Choose the correct one-word substitute for: "An exaggerated sense of one's own importance."

• A. Caution
• B. Meekness
• C. Vanity
• D. Simplicity

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Vanity

Vanity is excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements—essentially an exaggerated sense of one's own importance. Meekness and simplicity are opposites, while caution relates to care.