[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.", "anything resembling such a composition:a picture essay.", "an effort to perform or accomplish something; attempt.", "Philately.a design for a proposed stamp differing in any way from the design of the stamp as issued.", "Obsolete.a tentative effort; trial; assay."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to try; attempt.", "to put to the test; make trial of."]}]