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charade

noun as in pretense

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The company that brought us the cult-classic board game Exploding Kittens now has a new and improved take on charades.

You may not resolve that years-old rift with your sibling, but you may thaw the ice over a campfire or a game of charades.

Hospitals had been accepting bribes from the disinfectant’s manufacturer, and the government knew about the whole charade.

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Other options include Jackbox, a popular virtual party game in which players sign in to an app to play games reminiscent of charades or Pictionary.

The vaudeville veteran sees right through this charade of benighted widowhood, peeling back the veneer to reveal the specimen of ruthless ambition beneath.

If the Democrats maintain this charade, 2016 will not be the cakewalk they dream it to be.

What I mean is that both sides found time to put on a charade.

Finally, she reached a point where she could no longer continue the charade.

Democrats, do the American thing and have nothing to do with this charade.

If this is all a hoax, Detweiler is a master of the charade.

But I know what it is, I'm in love—that confounded Charade put me up to that dodge.

He looked on hopelessly, as you look at a charade of which you have not got the key.

Indeed, the Far Eastern state of things is a kind of charade on the word; for humanity there is singularly uniform.

The last charade party had not been held in their parlors, they congratulated themselves.

The Charade is of recent birth, and I cannot discover the origin of this species of logogriphes.

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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to charade, such as: deception, farce, travesty, disguise, fake, and make believe.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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