Figurative Language Vocabulary Test

She looked "sheepish" when her aunt caught her on her phone at 1am instead of sleeping.

What is the definition of sheepish?

• victim or fall guy

• Repeating

• Bothering or bugging, getting on nerves.

• guilty behavior

When they got caught in the heist, the "scapegoat" got in the most trouble.

What is the definition of scapegoat?

• victim or fall guy

• Repeating

• Bothering or bugging, getting on nerves.

• guilty behavior

What does it mean if the dog was described as pigheaded?

• victim or fall guy

• They are stubborn

• Bothering or bugging, getting on nerves.

• guilty behavior

His mother kept parroting the same information to him about college.

What is the definition of parroting?

• victim or fall guy

• They are stubborn

• Bothering or bugging, getting on nerves.

• repeating

What does it mean if the footlong subway sandwich is described as being a mammoth?

• It is enormous

• They are stubborn

• Bothering or bugging, getting on nerves.

• repeating

The fan was lionizing their favorite musician by attending all of their shows.

What is the definition of lionizing?

• Admiring or idolizing

• They are stubborn

• Bothering or bugging, getting on nerves.

• repeating

If my little brother was hounding me for more information, he was...

• Admiring or idolizing

• They are stubborn

• Bothering or bugging, getting on nerves.

• repeating

What does it mean if someone gets in trouble for horseplaying at school?

• They were messing around

• They are stubborn

• They are stubborn

• repeating

What does it mean if someone is hogging all of the blankets?

• They were messing around

• They feel unpleasant

• They are stubborn

• They are greedy

What does it mean to have a beastly attitude?

• unpleasant

• Greedy

• enormous

• stubborn