Answer:
Adjective:
of first importance; main
of the best possible quality; excellent.
(of a number) evenly divisible only by itself and one
Noun:
a state or time of greatest strength, vigor, or success in a person's life
A. The speaker is saying that she and her peers should be allowed to handle the punishments for people like Hester Prynne. She thinks this because they would band together as a group and be all on the same page in their punishment, rather than leaving it up to the magistrate--whose punishment she does not think adequately fit the crime Hester committed.
If the fact that she didn't come after should logically proceed after they planned a barbecue for Saturday which I think it should. A would be the answer.
The answer is A!! have a good day
The correct version is there are many threats to dolphins' continued existence, and humans are just one.