[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["relating or belonging to any of the various human populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia.relating to or noting the descendants of these populations, without regard for the lightness or darkness of skin tone. African American African American:The exhibit featured the work of young Black artists from New York.", "relating or belonging to any of the various human populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia.", "relating to or noting the descendants of these populations, without regard for the lightness or darkness of skin tone.", "African American African American:The exhibit featured the work of young Black artists from New York."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Often Offensive.(Use as a noun in reference to a person, e.g., “a Black,” is often considered offensive.)a member of any of various dark-skinned peoples, especially those of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. African American African American.", "a member of any of various dark-skinned peoples, especially those of Africa, Oceania, and Australia.", "African American African American."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Hu·go La·fa·yette[hyoo, -goh laf-ey-, et],1886–1971,U.S. political official: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1937–71.", "(Sir) James Whyte[sur , jeymz, hwahyt, wahyt],1924–2010,English pharmacologist: Nobel Prize 1988.", "Jo·seph[joh, -z, uh, f, -s, uh, f],1728–99,Scottish physician and chemist.", "Shir·ley Tem·ple[shur, -lee , tem, -p, uh, l], Temple, Shirley Temple, Shirley."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it:They labeled the boxes with a black permanent marker.Synonyms: ebony , sable , inky , sooty , dusky , dark Antonyms: white", "characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness:a black night.", "soiled or stained with dirt:That shirt was black within an hour.Synonyms: dingy , dirty Antonyms: clean", "gloomy ; pessimistic ; dismal :a black outlook.Synonyms: funereal , mournful , doleful , somber , depressing , sad Antonyms: cheerful , hopeful", "deliberately harmful; inexcusable :a black lie.", "boding ill; sullen or hostile; threatening :black looks.black words;black looks.Synonyms: calamitous , disastrous", "(of coffee or tea) without milk or cream:I take my coffee black.", "without any moral quality or goodness; evil ; wicked :His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.Synonyms: villainous , traitorous , treacherous , nefarious , horrible , atrocious , monstrous , infernal , devilish , fiendish , inhuman , sinful", "indicating censure, disgrace, or liability to punishment:a black mark on 's record.", "marked by disaster or misfortune:black areas of drought; Black Friday.", "wearing black or dark clothing or armor:the black prince.", "based on the grotesque, morbid, or unpleasant aspects of life:black humor.black comedy;black humor.", "(of a check mark, flag, etc.) done or written in black to indicate, as on a list, that which is undesirable, substandard, potentially dangerous, etc.:Pilots put a black flag next to the ten most dangerous airports.", "illegal or underground:The black economy pays no taxes.", "showing a profit; not showing any losses:the first black quarter in two years.", "deliberately false or intentionally misleading:black propaganda.", "British.boycotted, as certain goods or products by a trade union.", "(of steel) in the form in which it comes from the rolling mill or forge; unfinished."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it.Compare white(def20) white(def20).", "black clothing, especially as a sign of mourning:He wore black at the funeral.", "Chess, Checkers.the dark-colored men or pieces or squares.", "black pigment:lamp black.", "Slang. black beauty black beauty.", "a horse or other animal that is entirely black."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make black; put black on; blacken .", "British.to boycott or ban.", "to polish (shoes, boots, etc.) with blacking ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become black; take on a black color; blacken."]}, {"Bold_text": "adverb", "List Items": ["(of coffee or tea) served without milk or cream."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to lose consciousness:He blacked out at the sight of blood.to erase, obliterate, or suppress:News reports were blacked out.to forget everything relating to a particular event, person, etc.:When it came to his war experiences he blacked out completely.Theater.to extinguish all of the stage lights.to make or become inoperable:to black out the radio broadcasts from the U.S.Military.to obscure by concealing all light in defense against air raids.Radio and Television.to impose a broadcast blackout on (an area).to withdraw or cancel (a special fare, sale, discount, etc.) for a designated period:The special airfare discount will be blacked out by the airlines over the holiday weekend.", "to lose consciousness:He blacked out at the sight of blood.", "to erase, obliterate, or suppress:News reports were blacked out.", "to forget everything relating to a particular event, person, etc.:When it came to his war experiences he blacked out completely.", "Theater.to extinguish all of the stage lights.", "to make or become inoperable:to black out the radio broadcasts from the U.S.", "Military.to obscure by concealing all light in defense against air raids.", "Radio and Television.to impose a broadcast blackout on (an area).", "to withdraw or cancel (a special fare, sale, discount, etc.) for a designated period:The special airfare discount will be blacked out by the airlines over the holiday weekend."]}]