16 February 2016

Intrepid: Resolutely fearless; dauntless

• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is acquiring quite a reputation as an intrepid traveler usually embarks on his foreign tours on board a Boeing 747. (Abbas Nasir)

15 February 2016

• Sop: Something given to pacify or quiet; or as a bribe.  
• Finance to help developing countries adapt to climate change and transition to clean energy was an important sticking point in the negotiations. This part of the deal has been moved into the non-legally binding "decision text"-a sop to the US , which knows it would not be able to get such a pledge of cash past the Republican-controlled Senate. (Adam Vaughan) 
• Facile: Easily done, performed, used; without depth; superficial 
• Eqbal believed that education consisted of having students understand complexities and he never accepted facile explanations. (Stuart Schaar)
• Video Link of the use 3:26 seconds.

8 February 2016

• Canny: Astute, Shrewd 
• But the suppression of intellectual and creative freedoms is assuming much cannier forms in India, a country with formal and apparently free democratic institutions.  (Pankaj Mishra).   

1 February 2016

• Heads-up: Warning 
• Just for heads-up; tomorrow HEC's QEC team is coming. (Dr. Imran Amin)