Unit One Chapter 2: Hardly a Loser
Vocabulary in Context

Directions

Click on the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Use the context of the sentences to help you figure out the word’s meaning.

Question

Question 1. scoff -verb
  • Bystanders scoffed at the street musician playing a tune on a row of tin cans, but he seemed unaware that people were making fun of him.
  • Tony scoffed at reports that a hurricane was coming until he saw the winds knocking down trees and overturning cars.
Scoff means
 
 
 
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