[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to hinder, block, or thwart.Synonyms: confound , stump , frustrate , perplex"]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it.", "Golf.(on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt."]}]