See the vocabulary section containing A and B for specifics on learning vocabulary and some hints and tips for your CLEP and DSST tests.

For this segment we will be exploring just the letters E and F.

You will likely see many of these words within your CLEP study materials or on the actual tests. Either way, learning the words and definitions will help you in your college endeavors.

CLEP Vocabulary Word List (E and F)

Words beginning with E

Elegy – noun (eh luh jee)
in literature, an elegy is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.; “There were many elegies written for John F. Kennedy’s untimely demise.”

Elude – verb (ee lood)
escape, either physically or mentally; “The concept of charity eluded the miserly man.”

Emulate – verb (ehm yuh layt)
to copy or imitate, especially a person; of a program or device to imitate another program or device; “Although talented, the artist could not quite emulate her mentor.”

Epochal – adj (ehp uh kuhl)
highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; “The epochal decisions made by US presidents have far-reaching effects.”

Eponymous – adj (ih pahn uh muhs)
one who is referred to as eponymous is someone who gives his or her name to something; “Julian, the eponymous owner of the famous restaurant Julian’s Castle.”

Ersatz – adj (uhr sahtz)
an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation; “The ersatz coffee lacked body and taste.”

Eschew – verb (ehs choo)
shun: avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of; “The pilot eschewed alcohol for his love of flying.”

Espy – verb (ehs peye)
To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; “The boy was relieved when he espied his father in the crowded mall.”

Excoriate – verb (ehk skohr ee ayt)
condemn: express strong disapproval of; “Sex trafficking is excoriated worldwide.”

Expound – verb (ihk spownd)
elaborate: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; “His thesis expounded on his ideas of global business strategies.”

Extirpate – verb (ehk stuhr payt)
uproot; to destroy completely; to annihilate; “The population of Dodo birds was extirpated in 1681.”

Extrude – verb (ihk strood)
form or shape by forcing through an opening; “The molten steel was extruded into many forms for automobile production.”

Words beginning with F

Facetious – adj (fuh see shuhs)
bantering: cleverly amusing in tone; not seriously; “They laughed at his facetious political remarks.”

Facile – adj (faa suhl)
arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; “The solution was facile when compared to the complex problem.”

Fallacious – adj (fuh lay shuhs)
containing or based on a fallacy; based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; “The deceitful advertising was fallacious from its inception.”

Feckless – adj (fehk lihs)
lacking purpose; without skill, ineffective, incompetent; “The feckless plumber caused more damage to the kitchen than had it been left alone.”

Fictive – adj (fihk tihv)
assumed: adopted in order to deceive; “His fictive cheerfulness fooled no one at the gloomy affair.”

Filibuster – verb (fihl ih buhs tuhr)
a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes; obstruct deliberately by delaying; “The filibuster was used in the US Senate by the minority in an effort to prevent the passage of the bloated budget.”

Flout – verb (flowt)
scoff: treat with contemptuous disregard; “The school bully flouted the established rules.”

Forgo – verb (fohr goh)
to let pass; to do without; “Tough economic times has taught many Americans to forgo some simple luxuries.”

Fortitude – noun (fohr tih tood)
determination, or sticking to what you know you should be doing; “His fortitude secured his academic standing at his university and awarded him valedictorian status.”

Fortuitous – adj (fohr too ih tuhs)
happening by chance; coincidental or accidental; “His fortuitous encounter led to a new career.”

Fulsome – adj (fool suhn)
abundant; copious; fully developed; mature; “Her fulsome introduction ran a little long.”

Furtive – adj (fuhr tihv)
stealthy; exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy; “The furtive glances by the passerby gave the jewelry store owner pause.”