[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one:to find oneself in a sorry plight."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.", "to bind (someone) by a pledge, especially of marriage.", "to give in pledge, as one's word, or to pledge, as one's honor."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Archaic. pledge ."]}]