The correct answer is: uncertainty, or lacking confidence.
Explanation:
This answer comes from the meaning of tentative, and also the context in which the word is being used. The sentence states that Jody had to answer a question, most likely, but when asked, she did not immediately respond to it, and her reaction to it was cautious and tentative because of her fear of publis speaking. The context clue words reaction and the complement because of her fear of speaking in public point the way to know that cautious and tentative talk about Jody´s reaction, and that is why the correct answer is her reaction should caution, or was cautious, and showed uncertainty, or a lack of confidence in herself.
Explain: Beginning by invoking the image of the founding fathers and the new nation, Lincoln eloquently expressed his conviction that the Civil War was the ultimate test of whether the Union created in 1776.
