H ELA 2 - Ling, cred, lic, graph

ling - small, young (Norse) : cred - believe (Latin) : lic - allow, permit (Latin) : graph - writing (Greek)

sapling

a young, undeveloped tree; person

seedling

a young plant, just sprouted

duckling

a baby duck

yearling

a young, matured animal; person

fledgling

a bird learning to fly; rookie

underling

one beneath you in rank

hireling

one hired to do small jobs

groundling

a low-class person; a peasant

inkling

a small hint or idea

changeling

a baby switched at birth

foundling

a baby left for others to find

princeling

a young prince; a small kingdom

hatchling

a baby thats just hatched

nestling

a baby still in the nest; a person too dependent for their age

gosling

a baby goose

kindling

small bits of wood

credible

can be believed

discredit

to show something as false

incredible

can’t be believed (unbelievably amazing)

credulous

gullible; wants to believe

incredulous

doubtful; doesn’t believe easily; shocked; amazed

accredited

approved by authorities

credentials

papers that prove who you are

credence

belief; truth

creed/credo

set of beliefs

license

a permit : to permit

licit

legal & moral

illicit

illegal & immoral

elicit

to draw out of someone

licensee

one who gets a permit

solicit

to approach someone for business

solicitor

a British lawyer

solicitous

apprehensive; scared

licentious

loose morally; permissive

graffiti

public writing meant to be humorous or political

graphic

very detailed; explicit

agraphia

the inability to write

calligraphy

very beautiful elegant handwriting

cartography

map making

topography

mapping altitude

demographics

mapping of populations; treads

choreography

organized movement

polygraph

lie detector