How about this? Fewer quotes, parethesis, and brackets, and other syntax!:
L='e.cfg e_randr.cfg exehist.cfg etc'
for i in $L
do
echo wget -c "$JEF/$i" #$JEF is defined in my ~/.bashrc script
done
This is oldest and most common way to do it. More people understand this. Arrays are extensions that I have never used.