"Compassion" means sympathy or kindness, so "kindness" is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "compassion": "vulnerable" and "susceptible" are synonyms that both mean in danger from something specific; "implacable" means unstoppable or merciless; and "frivolous" means wasteful or not needed.

“Viewpoint” means opinion or perspective on something. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "viewpoint": “mature” means grown up or responsible; “spectacles” is another term for reading glasses; a “microscope” is something you use to look at things that are much smaller, like a cell; and a “telescope” is something use to look at things very far away, like a planet or a star in space.

A “stratagem” is a plan or scheme designed to outwit or deceive someone. To provide further help, an “addict” is someone who cannot stop repeating the same behavior; a “patron” is a customer.

“Insight” is the ability to perceive something, to notice something most people might not. To provide further help, “vague” means unclear; “admonishment” means criticism; “ferociousness” means wildness, aggressiveness.

"Hyperbole" is non-literal statements of exaggeration, so the answer choice closest in meaning to "hyperbole" is "exaggeration."

To “improve” something means to make it better, so an “improvement” is very similar to “progress.” To provide further help, “detriment” means harmful thing; “facade” means a fake display or an act meant to conceal the truth; “calamity” means disaster; “proposition” means proposal.

The word "aplomb" means self-assurance, calmness, or composure. "Confidence" is therefore the word that mostly closely matches the definition of "aplomb." "Anxiety" is incorrect because it is, in fact, an opposite of "aplomb": it means worry or nervousness. "Impotence," which means powerlessness, "violence," which means the act of physically injuring or killing someone or cause damage to something, and "probability," which means the statistical likelihood of an event happening, are unrelated to the definition of "aplomb."

The word "coincidence" is comprised of two parts: "co-incidence." An "incident" is something that happens in a given place. The prefix "co-" means with or together. "Coincidences" are things that happen together. Often, the word is used to describe things that happen together without any expectation. For instance, we both walk into the room and see each other, though we had not intended this meeting. Thus, we met by coincidence. To put it another way, we met by chance. Therefore, "chance" is the best option among the answer choices given.

You might associate the word "gluttony" with food. In Christian theology, "gluttony" is numbered as one the "seven deadly sins." It has a number of meanings, though many of them are associated with overeating food or liking food too much. This is why most people think that the word "gluttony" has only to do with food. However, "gluttony" often can mean greed in a more general sense. (It is, of course, most normally associated with greed for food.) Note that the only option that expresses this is the simple "greed." One can be starving or hungry without being gluttonous.

"Phobia" is a noun that means a strong fear of something particular, so we need to pick out an answer choice that is also a noun and means something like an extreme fear. While "displeasure" may look like a potentially correct answer because a phobia might give one displeasure, "displeasure" does not mean the same thing as "phobia," so it cannot be the correct answer. Because "fear" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "phobia," "fear" is the correct answer.