| A | B |
| environmental | relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition. |
| activists | policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal |
| venomous | secreting venom; capable of injecting venom by means of a bite or sting. |
| Yosemite | National Park in California |
| plain | a large area of flat land with few trees. |
| persecuted | subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, esp. because of their race or political or religious beliefs. |
| degraded | reated or regarded with contempt or disrespect. |
| intentionally | deliberately; on purpose. |
| provocation | ction or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, esp. deliberately. |
| righteous indignation | a reactive emotion of anger over perceived mistreatment, insult, or malice |
| adjacent | next to or adjoining something else. |
| convenience | the state of being able to proceed with something with little effort or difficulty. |
| desperately | in a way that shows despair. |
| circumstances | a fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action. |
| shame | a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior. |
| sauntered | walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort. |
| tedious | too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous. |
| replenishing | fill (something) up again. |