Answer:
a local business owner
Explanation:
" I am writing to request a small donation of items from your bakery for our faculty."
The word that means "an excess" in this excerpt is <u>surplus.</u>
Triumphantly is an adverb, so you would be looking for the verb that it modifies. I would choose the word “pressing.” Ask yourself, “how did he press down the alarm knob?” He pressed it triumphantly.