charade
/ʃəˈreɪd/
noun
- An absurd or false pretense; a situation that is clearly fake or dishonest.
- Their apology was just a charade to avoid bad publicity.
- She saw through his charade of being a wealthy businessman.
- The whole meeting was a charade; the decision had already been made.
- A game in which players act out a word or phrase without speaking, while others try to guess it.
- Charade is a great game for breaking the ice at family gatherings.
- We played charade at the party and everyone laughed at my attempt to act out 'elephant'.
- She was surprisingly good at charade, using only gestures to convey complex movie titles.