Which word shows the best meaning of the underlined word in this paragraph?

Whenever we are traveling through the mountains I see caution signs about falling rocks. I saw a report on television about a huge rock slide last year. The road crew had to barricade the road to make cars passed one at a time. Not only did that hinder traffic, but it made some motorists angry. They should have been thankful rocks did not hit their cars.

A.
clear

B.
bother

C.
slow

D.
obstruct

Underlined word: barricade

Question

Which word shows the best meaning of the underlined word in this paragraph?

Whenever we are traveling through the mountains I see caution signs about falling rocks. I saw a report on television about a huge rock slide last year. The road crew had to barricade the road to make cars passed one at a time. Not only did that hinder traffic, but it made some motorists angry. They should have been thankful rocks did not hit their cars.
 
 A.
clear
 
 B.
bother
 
 C.
slow
 
 D.
obstruct

Underlined word: barricade

anonymous · Answer

D