[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts:a rumor of war.Synonyms: report", "gossip ; hearsay :Don't listen to rumor.", "Archaic.a continuous, confused noise; clamor; din."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to circulate, report, or assert by a rumor:It is rumored that the king is dead."]}]