[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies:Specks of soot on the window sill.", "a very little bit or particle:We haven't a speck of sugar.", "something appearing small by comparison or by reason of distance:By then the town was just a speck."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to mark with, or as with, a speck or specks."]}]