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This ROOT-WORD is the Suffix EN which means MADE OF & MAKE. EN is a simple key and the roots to which EN is added are all simple words. When the word is an adjective EN means MADE OF, when it is a verb, EN means MAKE.
1. Silken: silk EN (sil’ ken) adj.
Made of silk
2. Brazen: braz EN (braze’ en) adj.
Made of brass
3. Frozen: froz EN (froze’en) adj.
Made icy; as, frozen foods
4. Hempen: hemp EN (hem’ pen) adj.
Made of hemp; as, rope
5. Molten: molt EN (molt’en) adj.
Made by melting
6. Oaken: oak EN (o’ ken) adj.
Made of oak
7. Woolen: wool EN (wool’ en) adj.
Made of wool
8. Wooden: wood EN (wood’ en) adj.
Made of wood
9. Golden: gold EN (gol’ den) adj.
Made of gold
10. Broaden: broad EN (broad’ en) v.
Make broad; widen
11. Brighten: bright EN (brite’ en) v.
Make bright
12. Hasten: hast EN (hase’ en) v.
Make haste; put on speed
13. Heighten: height EN (hite’ en) v.
Make high; increase
14. Lighten: light EN (lite’ en) v.
Make light; reduce
15. Roughen: rough EN (ruf’ en) v.
Make rough
16. Toughen: tough EN (tuf’ en) v.
Make tough; strengthen
17. Soften: soft EN (sof’ en) v.
Make soft
18. Smoothen: smooth EN (smue’ then) v.
Make smooth
19. Whiten: whit EN (hwite’ en) v.
Make while
20. Frighten: fright EN (frite’ en) v.
Make fearful
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