Question

read the sentence
most people live in river valleys with arable land rather
than on the unfertile sands of the desert.
what type of context clue helps describe the meaning
of the underlined term?
○ inference
○ restatement
○ antonym or synonym
○ definition or explanation

Explanation:

The sentence compares "arable land" with "unfertile sands of the desert". Since "unfertile" is the opposite of what "arable" likely means (as people choose river valleys with arable land over desert sands), the context clue is an antonym (or synonym - here antonym as unfertile is opposite, so we can infer arable is fertile). So the type is antonym or synonym.

Answer:

antonym or synonym