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A phrase is given which can be substituted by one word. Choose the most appropriate word explaining the phrase from the given options.

A person who speaks confidently about many subjects despite possessing only superficial knowledge

The correct answer is

Dilettante

One-word substitution: the phrase describes a person who talks about many subjects with confidence while having only a shallow knowledge of them.

Step 1 — A dilettante is a person who dabbles in many fields or arts out of casual interest, without serious study, so that his knowledge is superficial; the word is used for someone who displays such surface learning confidently.

Step 2 — The two key ideas of the phrase, range (“many subjects”) and shallowness (“superficial knowledge”), are exactly what the word conveys.

Step 3 — A novice is a beginner in one field and does not imply speaking confidently on many subjects. A charlatan is a fraud who falsely claims special skill or knowledge to deceive others; the stress is on deception, not on breadth of shallow learning. A pedant is excessively concerned with minor details and rules, showing off narrow book learning rather than superficial knowledge.

Dilettante option is correct.

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