Cross-platform dictionary and vocabulary building command line tool

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Pyvoc

Use it to improve your english vocabulary, brush up some word meanings or as a simple command line dictionary.

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Jump to:

• Installation
• Usage
• Groups
• Examples

Installation

Install it using pip. Just run:

pip3 install pyvoc

Usage

After installing pyvoc, run pyvoc -w word to automatically create necessary config files in your home directory.

• Fetch meaning of word

pyvoc -w word

• Fetch meaning of word and add it to vocabulary group:

pyoc word -a

• Take quiz from vocabulary group 101 (default questions are 5):

pyvoc -q 101

• Take quiz of 25 questions from vocabulary group 101 :

pyvoc -q 101 -n 25

read some more examples

➜ pyvoc -h
usage: pyvoc [-h] [-v] [-w <word>] [-a] [-g <group_num>] [-r <group_num>] [-q <group_num>] [-n <no_of_questions>] [-l]

Command line dictionary and vocabulary building tool.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         Print version of pyvoc and exit
  -w <word>             Give meaning of WORD
  -a, --add-word        Use to add WORD to vocabulary group
  -g <group_num>        Use to specify the vocabulary group no.(1-10) to add the WORD to
  -r <group_num>        Revise the vocabulary group you mention
  -q <group_num>        Start quiz from the vocabulary group you mention
  -n <no_of_questions>  Mention the number of questions of quiz.
  -l, --list            Lists all vocabulary groups present

groups

pyvoc lets you add words to vocabulary groups, which you can later revise or take quiz from.

• 3 custom groups of 800 words each (words taken from GRE and SAT preparation websites) already present. These groups are 101, 102 and 103.
• 10 groups of 50 words are reserved for the user. These groups are 1 - 10.
• you can specify a group from 1-10 using [-g] option.

Examples

add word to a specific group

pyvoc word -a -g 5

Fetch meaning of the word and add it to vocabulary group 5. Use this option to organize words however you like.

for example

• alphabatically
• words from books you have been reading
• parts of speech
• increasing difficulty

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revise a group

pyvoc -r 7

Revise word meaning of vocabulary group 7(if present) in random order.

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show group list

pyvoc --list

Lists all group numbers along with their size.