[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an advance or preliminary testing trial, as of a new product.", "a test given to determine if students are sufficiently prepared to begin a new course of study.", "a test taken for practice."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to give a pretest to (a student, product, etc.)."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to conduct a pretest:to pretest for consumer acceptance."]}]