Buttress Vocabulary

Strengthen your vocabulary while reading things on the browser.

"Buttress Vocabulary" is a Chrome extension that allows users to easily look up definitions and pronunciations of words by double-clicking them. It tracks your daily word lookups, making it a useful vocabulary builder. Unlike other apps, it focuses on relevant words you've encountered, facilitating easier memorization in context. Plus, your privacy is assured as the extension does not access your lookup data.

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By:: saurav.1869
Users:: 500 8
Rating:: 4.27

(15)
Version:: 3.1.1 (Last updated: 2024-05-29)
Creation date:: 2019-10-05
Risk:: Low risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Permissions:: activeTab
storage
Size:: 450.56K
Email:: sa*****@gmail.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 15 hours ago

Ranking

# 39,337 ▲ 1,464

Other rankings

#25146 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 37 #138 in definition keyword 28 ▼ 6

User reviews

Pros

saves list of vocabulary
useful in building vocab
saves time

Cons

bug with white-out UI
slow pop-up dictionary
incompatible with Dark Reader extension

Most mentioned

pop up dictionary taking too long to display
white-out UI bug
saves list of vocabulary

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User reviews

doesn't recognize a lot of words if they are written in a form different from the basic one, past tense specifically, makes the extension unusable

An Chill, 2024-07-29

many words can't be selected by double-clicking.

Arc Lin, 2023-08-28

Please update for security and add another futures.

M Sotoudeh, 2023-06-28

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Buttress Vocabulary requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

Buttress Vocabulary is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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