  Ellis-Bronnikov (EB) wormholes require violation of null energy conditions at
the `throat'. This problem was cured by a simple modification of the `shape
function', which introduces a new parameter $m\ge 2$ ($m=2$ corresponds to the
EB model). This leads to a generalised (GEB) version. In this work, we consider
a model where the GEB wormhole geometry is embedded in a five dimensional
warped background. We studied the status of all the energy conditions in detail
for both EB and GEB embedding. We present our results analytically (wherever
possible) and graphically. Remarkably, the presence of decaying warp factor
leads to satisfaction of weak energy conditions even for the EB geometry, while
the status of all the other energy conditions are improved compared to the four
dimensional scenario. Besides inventing a new way to avoid the presence of
exotic matter, in order to form a wormhole passage, our work reveals yet
another advantage of having a warped extra dimension.
