In the sentence 'The benevolent donor gave money to the shelter', which clue helps infer the meaning of 'benevolent'?

• A. The prefix 'bene-' means good.
• B. The context shows generosity.
• C. The sentence defines the word.
• D. The italics indicate special meaning.

Answer: (B)

Context clues show generosity in how the word is used. The sentence describes a donor who gives money to a shelter, which signals kindness and charitable behavior. From that use, you can infer benevolent means kind or charitable. The prefix idea isn’t as helpful here because you’re relying on how the word functions in the sentence, not on etymology. The sentence doesn’t define the word for you, and there are no formatting cues like italics to signal a special meaning. So the strongest clue is the context that demonstrates generous, kind action.