[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["(in ancient Egypt)a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an the body of a lion.(usually initial capital letter)the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.", "a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an the body of a lion.", "(usually initial capital letter)the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.", "(initial capital letter)Classical Mythology.a monster, usually represented as having the head and breast of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. Seated on a rock outside of Thebes, she proposed a riddle to travelers, killing them when they answered incorrectly, as all did before Oedipus. When he answered her riddle correctly the Sphinx killed herself.", "any similar monster.", "a mysterious, inscrutable person or thing, especially one given to enigmatic questions or answers."]}]