In the book A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather

In reacting to opera, to literature, or to art, a person who is scornful of what he or she is unfamiliar with deserves______. Use one on the following words to fill in the blank. callow, conjecture, excruciatingly, inexplicable, pathetic, pious, reproach, sordid, superficially and trepidation.