English Vocabulary in 365 Days - Lesson 24

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Hello everyone, in our Lesson 23, we learnt about the prefix Eco.  Eco  represents the meanings house and environment. Today we shall see the prefixes en, em. Happy Reading :)

Day 24 : En, Em

• en, em- in; into; towards

Let's try to understand this with some examples

• engage (verb) = to make somebody take part in something
• en - Prefix = in
• gage (gager) - Root = to pledge
• empower (verb) = to give somebody the power or authority to do something.  
  
• em - Prefix = into
• power (posse) - Root = be able

Let's have a look at some more words with en and em prefixes, for better understanding.

• enroll = to enter; register
• enlarge = to make something bigger
• emperor = the ruler of an empire 
• embrace = to take into one's arms
• enforce = to make force somebody to do something 
• environment = the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
• empathy = the ability to understand and share the feelings of another
• employment = the state of having paid work
• endowment = a quality or ability possessed or inherited by someone
• embark = to go on board
• embezzle = to fraudulently or illegally appropriate or take goods
• empathize = to identify with and to understand someone else's feelings or difficulties

Home Work :

Try to guess the meanings of the following elements.

1. -ile
2. -osis
3. -phobia
4. -ist

a. capable of

b. fear

c. a person

d. condition

Try to match the above elements with given meanings.  Solve it on your own and

That's all for today guys..... Thank you :)

You can read Old Lessons of this series from here

 

Shraboni Chakraborty

Asstt. Professor

English and Foreign Languages University,

Hyderabad

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