[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.", "to speak with pride (often followed byof):He boasted of his family's wealth."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to speak of with excessive pride or vanity:He boasts himself a genius.", "to be proud in the possession of:The town boasts a new school."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:Talent is his boast. It is her boast that she has never betrayed a friend.", "exaggerated or objectionable speech; bragging:empty boasts and threats."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to dress or shape (stone) roughly."]}]