In terminal you can receive word definitions written on Wictionary. Once you get a word, it is registered in your local Sqlite3 database, from which you can randomly select a word in the form of quiz.
$ npm install wordquiz
It works with your terminal by commanding with an argument or options.
Command with a word as an argument.
wordquiz tomato
If there's the word on Wictionary, you can get the definitions hiding itself by underlines as below.
A word is registerd as below.
Noun
1. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
2. The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
'Synonyms: love apple (informal), wolf's peach (obsolete)'
3. A shade of red, the colour of a ripe ___.
'___: '
Verb
1. (transitive) to pelt with ___es
2. (transitive) to add ___es to (a dish)
To overwrite and renew a word by the current Wiktionary information, use -u option with the word.
wordquiz -u tomato
Command with -l option.
wordquiz -l
And you got a list of words already registered in your local database.
2021-5-14 14:17 bun
2021-5-14 14:19 bread
2021-5-14 14:19 rice
2021-5-14 14:20 potato
2021-5-14 14:20 corn
2021-5-17 11:32 tomato
Command with -d option.
wordquiz -d
You can select a word you want to delete from your database.
Command without arguments nor options
wordquiz
Then you can challenge a quiz randomly selected from registered words. Answer a word to confirm you can remember it.
Noun
1. The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
2. (informal, Britain) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
3. Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.
'(slang, offensive) A mentally handicapped person.'
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ANSWER:
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> potato
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Right!
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