[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["hostile or resistant (usually followed byto):At a town hall meeting about the proposed desalination plant, most speakers were opposed, citing high costs and the effect on marine life.Some educators are opposed to bringing new media tools into classes, viewing them as a potential distraction for students.", "having contrary effects; operating at cross-purposes:How do we interpret these seemingly opposed trends—away from organized religion and toward the formation of strong spiritual beliefs?", "set against or contrasted with something else or with each other; viewed as contrary or competing:The opposed images on the book’s title page represent the two very different understandings of “home” featured in the narrative.", "situated, existing, or growing in opposite directions:There are two diametrically opposed arrows on the signpost, and we have no idea which one to follow."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb", "List Items": ["the simple past tense and past participle of oppose(def) oppose(def)."]}]