Can you share how you're showing the vocab on the desktop? That would be a neat study tool.
Warning: this is a mess
https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/dotfiles/tree/bin/kotd
This command is run by my status bar, which prints each line sent to stdout on my desktop:
https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/dotfiles/tree/bin/custom_statusb...
Which is powered by sway: