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   charade

   /ʃəˈrɑːd/

   noun

   • 1. an absurd pretence intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance: "talk of unity was nothing more than a charade"
   • ▪ a game in which players guess a word or phrase from a written or acted clue given for each syllable and for the whole item.

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French, from modern Provençal charrado ‘conversation’, from charra ‘chatter’, perhaps of imitative origin.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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