Vocabulary Exercises 59

protegeeguided by someone
waveringmoving back and forth
trancedreamlike state
ParliamentBritish legislature
alliesfriends in war
taxesmoney paid to the government
authoritycontrol
tarifftax on imported goods
representacting for someone else
treasonbetraying one’s government
petitionssigned requests for
boycottrefusal to buy
congressmeeting of elected representatives
repealedtaken back
massacrekilling many defenseless people