[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.", "a small private room, especially one used for prayer, meditation, etc.", "a state or condition of secrecy or carefully guarded privacy:Some conservatives remain in the closet except on election day. Gay liberation has encouraged many gay people to come out of the closet.", "water closet water closet."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["private; secluded.", "suited for use or enjoyment in privacy:closet reflections; closet prayer.", "engaged in private study or speculation; speculative; unpractical:a closet thinker with no practical experience.", "being or functioning as such in private; secret:a closet anarchist."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to shut up in a private room for a conference, interview, etc. (usually used in the passive voice):The secretary of state was closeted with the senator for three hours in a tense session."]}]