[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.", "the process of compounding, preparing, or making something.", "a frivolous, amusing, or contrived play, book, or other artistic or literary work.", "something made up or confected ;a concoction:He said the charges were a confection of the local police.", "something, as a garment or decorative object, that is very delicate, elaborate, or luxurious and usually nonutilitarian.", "Pharmacology.a medicated preparation made with the aid of sugar, honey, syrup, or the like."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["Archaic.to prepare as a confection."]}]