Structured Practice

GRE Verbal 12: Sentence equivalence: careful distinction

MCQ

MCQ 1 marks 2 minutes 0 words

Task instructions

Choose the best answer. For sentence equivalence in full practice, select two choices only when instructed.

The historian was careful to ____ correlation from causation.

A. distinguish
B. confuse
C. erase
D. ignore

Practice workspace

Write notes or your response

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Reveal answer key / expected response

A — distinguish

Suggested approach

Identify the tested relationship; eliminate choices that are grammatically or logically incompatible; verify the sentence or passage as a whole.

Official-style scoring criteria

Correct interpretation, vocabulary, and reasoning.