[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond:to reply to a question.Synonyms: rejoin", "to respond by some action, performance, etc.:to reply to the enemy's fire.", "to return a sound; echo; resound.", "Law.to answer a defendant's plea."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to return as an (usually used in a negative combination or followed by a clause withthat):Not a syllable did he reply. He replied that no one would go."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an or response in words or writing.Synonyms: riposte , rejoinder", "a response made by some action, performance, etc."]}]