Word List Mardi Gras 193 words

Mardi Gras Vocabulary Word List (193)

• A

  alligator, anticipation, artistry, Ash Wednesday, atmosphere, authentic, awe

• B

  bacchanalia, balls, bands, banquet, barricades, beads, beans, behavior, bold

• C

  cacophony, carefree, Carnival, catering, clamor, clowns, Comus (God of Mirth), crawfish, creative, creativity, crowds, crown, culmination, culture, customs

• D

  dancing, decoration, demonstrations, drink

• E

  ecstatic, enthusiasm, exceptional, expectant, extravagance, extravaganza

• F

  face-painting, faithful, famous, fancy dress, Fat Tuesday, fervid, festival, festivities, festoon, flambeaux, fleur de lys, floats, flourish, folly, food, France, French Quarter

• G

  genuine, ghoulish, glitzy, glow, gold, goofy, gourmet, grand, green, grotesque, gumbo

• H

  hangover, hedonistic, hoorah

• I

  imaginative, individuality, industrious, ingenuous, innovative, inspirational, intense

• J

  jamboree, jazz, jocular, joy, joyful, jubilant

• K

  king, King cake baby, kinship, Krewes

• L

  laughter, legitimacy, Lent, liquor, loitering, Louisiana, luminescence

• M

  magic, March 6, masks, merrymaking, mob, momentum, Momus, Muffuletta, music, mystical

• N

  necklaces, New Orleans, noise

• O

  Oberon, opportunity, outrageous, ovation, oyster

• P

  parade, parties, percussion, phenomenon, populace, popular, pretentious, priorities, Proteus, purple

• Q

  quality, quantity, queen

• R

  raunchy, realm, recognition, reign, resourcefulness, responsive, reveler, revelries, Rex, ridiculous, riot, ritual

• S

  sequins, sharing, shrimp, Shrove Tuesday, skill, souvenirs, special, spectacle, spirit, stilt walkers, streetcar, success, successful, sumptuous, surprises

• T

  tantalize, teamwork, tenacious, tolerant, tourists, trademark, traditions, treasures, trinkets, Twelfth Night

• U

  ultimate, unanimous, unfolding, unique, united, unity, unmasking (Rex), uptown

• V

  validation, vigilant, vigorous, visible, voodoo, vow

• W

  washboard, waving, welcoming, willingness, winning, wisdom, worthy

• X

  xylophone

• Y

  yearning, yelling, youth

• Z

  zealous, zest, zydeco