exordio, preamble, exordium.
exornar, to embellish (with rhetorical figures).
expediente, m., expedient, pretext; motive, plan.
expender, to spend.
expensa, expense; à sus —s, at their own cost.
experiencia, experience.
expiación, f., expiation.
expiar, to expiate, atone for.
expiatorio, expiatory, atoning.
expirar, to expire, die.