Question

The flooding of the banks of the Mississippi River ___________ the Delta Queen's docking on schedule.

A.
annihilated
B.
cloistered
C.
precluded
D.
vaunted

Answer 1

The answer is C. precluded.

precluded means to prevent

Flooding of the banks of the MIssissippi Rover are prevent the Delta Queen from docking on scheduel.

Answer 2

I'm pretty sure it's C. Precluded, as precluded means to prevent something from happening, and the way the sentence is worded, precluded would be the best choice here.