Aaron Burr: Farewell Address to the U.S. Senate

Glossary

• adverted called attention to
• affected pretended
• approached to rigor came close to being an extreme form of discipline
• being in the chair a reference to Burr’s role as vice president, making him president of the Senate
• caprice thoughtless, ill-considered action
• decorum correct actions
• phrenzy frenzy
• sensible aware
• Usurper one who seizes power