[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["cowering fear; state of great fright or terror.", "a dejected mood:He's been in a funk ever since she walked out on him."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["British.to shrink from; try to shirk:We can only say that the government has funked its responsibility."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["British.to shrink or quail in fear:He funked at nothing, and could lick every boy in the neighborhood."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Jazz.music having a funky :Let's aside our music exercises for now and get down to some real funk.", "a strong, earthy smell; stench :That is some serious funk coming from the compost pile.", "the state or quality of being funky ."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Cas·i·mir[kaz, -, uh, -meer],1884–1967,U.S. biochemist, born in Poland: discovered thiamine, the first vitamin isolated."]}]