A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather

Vocabulary in Action

Vocabulary Words to Use:

callow

conjecture

excruciatingly

inexplicable

pathetic

pious

reproach

sordid

superficially

trepidation

write the vocabulary word that best completes each sentence

10. Even if the theme of his work is not religiously spiritual, listening to it can lift one out of the petty, mean, and_______events of the world and provide a glimpse of purity and beauty.