*aproximar(se)* approximate; approach
*apurar* find out, clear up
*aquel, aquella*, dem. adj. that, that very
*aquél, aquélla, aquello*, dem. pron. that one, he, she, the former, etc.
*aquí* here
*aquiescencia* f. acquiescence
*ara* f. altar
*Aranjuez* Aranjuez (town and royal palace near Madrid. Here occurred in 1808 the popular uprising against Godoy, the Spanish minister, which caused Charles IV to abdicate in favor of his son Ferdinand)
*Araucana* f. Araucana (epic by Alonso de Ercilla, on the conquest of Chile and the bloody encounters of the Spaniards with the native *araucanos*)
*arbitrio* m. power, means