3 New Words
 

MASQUERADE - a disguise
- The people at the costume party wore masks that masqueraded their identity.

VINDICATE - to clear somebody or something of blame, guilt, suspicion, or doubt
- To vindicate himself to his father, he gave his father a long speech about what had really happened.

ANNEX - to take over territory and incorporate it into another political entity
- Some wars were fought for annexation of certain countries or areas of land