Select the most appropriate antonym of the underlined word in the following sentence to fill in the blank.
Most of the land near the town is barren, but the efforts of the farmers have turned it ________.

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The word 'barren' means unproductive or unable to produce vegetation. Its antonym would be a word that means productive or able to produce crops. Among the options, 'fertile' is the correct antonym, as it means capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops. The other options—'sterile', 'infertile', and 'unfruitful'—are synonyms of 'barren', not antonyms. Therefore, the correct answer is 'fertile'.

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