Question

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

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.