Question

what does the word precipitated mean in the following sentence? the incident at school precipitated the need for more security. a.lessened b.oppressed c.happened after d.brought about

Answer 1

d.brought about

Pre is a prefix meaning before. This indicates that incident at school happened before there was more security. After the incident, it was decided that more security was needed. The incident cause the administration to look into adding more security, or brought about the need for more security.

Answer 2

The word precipitated in this sentence means D) brought about.
Because of the incident that happened at school, there was a higher need for more security.