GRE Vocab App



I came up with this idea when I tried to review GRE vocab in the preparation for the GRE test. I found using excel on the computer was complicated and using an App on the phone sometimes very distracting. Therefore, I wanted to write a simple program that can combine the functions of recording new vocabs and reviewing the saved vocabs.



Function 1 : Save new Vocab

  • 單詞 = Input your new vocab
  • 詞性 = Part of speech
  • 翻譯 = Translation and definition

The vocabs are saved to both a txt file and an excel file for later quick references.


Function 2 : Review vocabs

The review function randomly selects vocabs stored in the “.txt” file. I use the plus sign (“+”) to resemble a word’s difficulty level of rememberability. For example, “+” is a bit hard to recite, “++” is like umm, I forget this again, “+++” is like I swear I have seen this word, and “++++” is definitely the hardest to remember. You can remove the “+” inside the “.txt” file using search (Win: Ctrl + F / Mac: Cmd + F).

When you review a word, and forget its meaning, and hit “Mark”, the app will add a “+” at the end of the word. When you open/close the app, the code would convert the “.txt” file to an excel file. And Vocabs with different numbers of “+” show up in different colors in the excel file (Shown in the picture below).


Here is a sample excel file. I find it very helpful when I go out and review vocab over excel on the phone. You can also only review the marked vocab by clicking the “Review only Marked” button.


Here are the Python Vocab App download links from different platforms:




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