Complete each sentence using the words in the word list.

pronounce announce rebound counsel sprout pounce grouch bounce scowl prowl pound growl doubt bound

oust

_______________ 1. Did you see the ball ____ of the backboard? _______________ 2. That word was hrad to ____ because it had many syllables. _______________ 3. Without the slightest ____, I knew he would win! _______________ 4. We observed the see grow from ____ to plant. _______________ 5. When the business man was accused of extortion, his collegues sought to ____ him from the firm. _______________ 6. When Megan felt upset, she asked her Grandmother to ____ her. _______________ 7. The lion gave a fierce ____. _______________ 8. My brother was a ____ when he woke up this morning. _______________ 9. Hungry wolves ____ the dark woods. _______________10. How high will the ball ____? _______________11. Only Superman can leap a building in just a single ____. _______________12. She had an expectant look when they began to ____ winners. _______________13. I heard the ____ of footsteps in the hallway. _______________14. The lion stood ready to ____ on its prey. _______________15. I saw him ____ because he did not pass the test.

announce bounce oust growl

pound bound grouch sprout

pounce counsel

prowl pronounce

doubt scowl rebound

__________________1. begin to grow __________________2. think that something may not be true or right; be unsure __________________3. make a frown or a mean look __________________4. fastened or secured with a band or bond __________________5. strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument. __________________6. be in a bad mood and keep finding fault with something. __________________7. say or make the particular sound of __________________8. a. Give advice to. __________________9. make a low rumbling sound

__________________10. roam around in a quiet secret way, lika an animal looking for a prey. __________________11. a. make something known __________________12. swoop down suddenly and grasp __________________13. bounce back after hitting something __________________14. force out; drive out __________________15. a. hit against a surface so as to spring back