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

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Answer 2

annihilated means destroy utterly, or defeat.

cloistered- a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other.

precluded- prevent from happening

vaunt- to boast about or praise