Learn words with root word: En or Em

Encamp  Encourage Endanger Enroll Enslave  Entrap Envenom  Environ  Environment  Embark Embrace  Embitter  Employ  Embody Employee  Employer Embroider  Embellish  


En or Em is a prefix. En or Em means into or in. En becomes Em when a word comes with the head of alphabets b, m and p.

Learning vocabularies with the help of prefix is one of the fast ways of memorizing english words. It atleast gives the idea about the meaning of a word. Let's see more about the root word en or em with more words.

Encamp (V)

• live in a tent
• to set up or occupy a camp

Word Root

The word encamp comes from en means "in or within" + camp that means tent.

1. The hike will take several days, and we plan to encamp along the trail.

Encourage (v)

• to give somebody support, courage or hope

Word Root

The word encourage comes from en means "in or within" + courage. To boost courage in or inside somebody.

1. Parents should encourage their children.

Endanger (V)

• to put somebody or something in a situation in which they could be harmed or damaged

Word Root

The word endanger comes from en means "in or within" + danger. Put something in or within a dangerous situation.

1. He denied  possessing a rifle with intent to endanger life.

Enroll/Enrol (V)

• to arrange for yourself or for somebody else to officially join a course, school, etc

Word Root

The word enroll comes from en means "in or within" + roll. Roll means something running; in brief, to put oneself in something that is running like course, school, college, etc.

1. The centre will soon be ready to enroll candidates for the new programme.

Enslave (v)

• to make somebody slave

Word Root

The word encourage comes from en means "in or within" + slave. Bring into slave.

1. Our civilization remains enslaved to materialism.

Entrap (V)

• to put or catch somebody or something in a place or situation from which they cannot escape

Word Root

The word entrap comes from en means "in or within" + trap. Put in trap.

1. He felt entrapped by her family's expectations.

Envenom (v)

• add poison to

Word Root

The word envenom comes from en means "in or within" + venom means poison. Inject poison inside a body.

1. His wife envenomed his drink to kill him.

Environ (v)

• extend on all sides, encircle

Word Root

The word environ comes from en means "in or within" + viron means around.

1. The forest environs my property.

Environment (N)

• the natural world in which people, animals and plants live

Word Root

The word environment comes from en means "in or within" + vironment.

Embark (v)

• to put something onto a ship

Word Root

The word embark comes from em means "in or within" + bark. Inside the bark, bark means a safe place to stay or to stand something.

1. They embarked the troops by night.

Embrace (v)

• to put your arms around so as a sign of love or friendship

Word Root

The word embrace comes from em means "in or within" + brace means to hold.

1. He embraced his wife.

Embitter (v)

• to make somebody feel angry or disappointed

Word Root

The word embitter comes from em means "in or within" + bitter means disappointed.

Employ (v)

• to give somebody a job to do for payment

Word Root

The word employ comes from em means "in or within" + ploy.

Embody(v)

• to include or contain something or to express or represent an idea or a quality

Word Root

The word embody comes from em means "in or within" + body.

1. This model embodies many new features.

Employee (N)

• a worker who is hired to perform a job

Word Root

The word employee comes from em means "in or within" + ployee.

Employer (N)

• a person or company that pays people to work for them

Word Root

The word employer comes from em means "in or within" + ployer.

Embroider (v)

• to decorate cloth with a pattern of stitches usually using coloured thread

Word Root

The word embroider comes from em means "in or within" + broider means to decorate.

1. She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers.

Embellish (v)

• to make something more beautiful by adding decorations to it

Word Root

The word embellish comes from em means "in or within" + bellish.

1. The carved door was embellished with brass door knockers.

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