[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence:With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.", "an ; forebear.", "Astrology.the point of the ecliptic or the sign and degree of the zodiac rising above the eastern horizon at the time of a birth or event: the cusp of the first house."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["ascending ; ascending ;rising.", "superior; predominant.", "Botany.directed or curved upward."]}]