Pompous, aloof, and domineering are all accurate ways to describe someone who is a. assertive b. arrogant c. passive d. panicked

Pompous, aloof, and domineering are all accurate ways to describe someone who is arrogant. It means having or showing a feeling of domineering self-esteem or pomposity. Set apart by or emerging from an inclination or supposition of one's predominance toward others: a pompous disdain for the powerless.

Answer to your question is Arrogant. Because pompous, aloof and domineering are all characteristics of an arrogant person. Assertive is a person who shows confidence or forceful personality. Passive person has a lack of confidence, shame, guilt or negative emotion. He/She can't look another person in the eyes. Panicked person has a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.