comprehensive gmat idiom list

User: crejoc 1. A 2. able + infinitive 3. ability to 4. accede to 5. access to 6. acclaimed as is the correct idiom (Acclaimed to be is wrong) 7. accompanied by 8. according to 9. account for (When explaining something) 10. on account of 11. account to (When receiving blame or credit) 12. accuse of 13. acquaint with 14. acquiesce in 15. adapted for 16. affect to 17. affinity with 18. afflicted with 19. afraid of 20. agree on + noun 21. agree on + gerund 22. agree to 23. agree with 24. aid + person/thing 25. aid in + gerund 26. aim at 27. allergy to (Allergy of, allergy for are incorrect) 28. allocated to 29. allows for 30. a lot 31. although x,y 32. alternative to 33. amount to 34. analogy with 35. analogous to 36. angry at 37. widely anticipated that 38. appear to 39. apply to 40. argue over/ with 41. appeal to 42. approve/disapprove of 43. *as as 44. as X so Y 45. as …so too… 46. as X to Y 47. ask of 48. ask X to Y 49. ask + infinitive 50. ask + person + infinitive 51. *associate with 52. associate X with Y 53. assume to be of 54. assure that 55. at least as . . . as 56. attend to (someone) 57. attribute X to Y / X is attributed to Y 58. attempt to 59. attention to 60. attended by 61. attest to 62. authority on 63. available to 64. averse to 65. aware of 66. aware that 67. B 68. *base on 69. based on 70. because of 71. begin + infinitive 72. believe X to be Y 73. belief in 74. benefit from 75. between [a] and [b] 76. better served by X than by Y 77. better than 78. both X and Y (Both X as well as Y is incorrect) 79. both at X and at Y 80. both on X or on Y 81. boom in 82. bringing to 83. built by 84. C 85. call for 86. capable of 87. care about 88. care for 89. centers on + person/thing 90. center upon ( not round) 91. chance to / chance of ( chance for is wrong) 92. choice of 93. choose to / from 94. choose + infinitive 95. claims to 96. claims to be / claims that 97. collaborate with 98. collide with (not against) 99. comment on 100. combined X with Y 101. combined X and Y 102. compare to (similarities) 103. compare with (differences) 104. *compare A to B 105. *compare A with B 106. compensate for 107. comply with 108. comprise of 109. to be + composed of + thing 110. concerned for – worried 111. concerned with 112. conclude that 113. concur in ( an opinion) 114. concur with ( a person) 115. conducive to 116. conform to 117. in conformity with 118. connection between X and Y 119. consequence of 120. consider X Y (without to be) 121. consist with 122. consist in 123. consist of 124. consistent with 125. contend that 126. *consider + person/thing 127. continue + infinitive 128. contrast A with B 129. in contrast to 130. contribute to 131. contrary to 132. convert to 133. correspond to 134. correspond with 135. *count on + person/thing 136. cost to/of 137. craving for 138. created with (not to) 139. give credit for (money received for or in exchange for something) 140. to credit with (something or doing something) 141. credit X Rupees to Y’s account (When money is involved) 142. D 143. are in danger of + gerund 144. date from 145. deal with 146. debate over 147. debate on 148. decide + infinitive 149. decide on + thing/person 150. decline in 151. defend against 152. defined as 153. delighted by 154. demand that 155. demonstrate that 156. depend on 157. depends on whether 158. depicted as 159. descend from 160. descendent of (descendent for is incorrect) 161. desirous of 162. determined by 163. *different from/differ from 164. difficult + infinitive 165. at a disadvantage 166. disclose to + person/organization 167. *distinguish between X and Y 168. *distinguish X from Y 169. disagree with (person/idea) 170. discourage from 171. disdain of 172. dispose of 173. feel disgusted with ( not at) 174. at one’s disposal 175. dispute whether 176. divergent from 177. doubt that ( doubt whether is wrong) 178. draw on (take out) 179. draw + thing 180. to be drawn to + thing/person 181. *dream of/about 182. due to 183. dwindle from 184. E 185. [in an] effort to 186. easy to 187. [in an] effort to 188. either …or 189. elect to 190. elect + person 191. be embarrassed by ( not at) 192. emerges from 193. *enable + person + infinitive 194. enable X to Y 195. enamored with 196. *encourage + person + infinitive 197. encourage X to Y 198. encouraged by 199. end with, end in (not by) 200. entrusted with 201. be envious of, jealous of 202. be equal to ( not as) 203. escape from 204. be essential to 205. estimate to be 206. to be + essential to + person/thing 207. except for + person/thing 208. except for + gerund 209. except that 210. to exchange X for Y (exchange X with Y or any other form is incorrect) 211. expect to 212. X expected to Y 213. expected X to be Y expected that X would be Y 214. explain to 215. expose to 216. extend to 217. extent of/ extent to 218. equal 219. equal to 220. F 221. fail in 222. fail to 223. fear that 224. fluctuations in 225. be familiar with 226. fascinated by 227. flee from 228. *forbid to 229. forbid X to do Y 230. for over XXX years 231. force + thing/person + infinitive 232. focus on + thing/person 233. frequency of 234. from [a] to [b] 235. G 236. get credit for/give credit for 237. get rid of 238. grounds for 239. grow from 240. grow out of 241. H 242. help + thing/person + infinitive 243. be hindered by 244. hypothesize that 245. I 246. in contrast to 247. inclined to 248. in danger of 249. identical to/with 250. independent from 251. Independent of 252. indifferent towards 253. indicate that 254. indicate to + person 255. infected with 256. inherit from 257. in order to 258. Inside 259. insist that 260. instance of 261. instead of 262. X instead of Y 263. instill something in someone ( not instill someone with) 264. intent to 265. interaction of 266. introduce to 267. invest in 268. isolate from (“in isolation from” is wrong) 269. J 270. judge by ( not on) 271. just as…so too 272. just as X, so Y 273. K 274. know to do X 275. L 276. leads to 277. less than 278. less X than Y 279. likelihood of / likelihood that 280. likely to 281. likely to be 282. liken to 283. localized in 284. M 285. Manage to 286. mandate that 287. *make + thing/person + verb (simple form) 288. as a means to / as a means of 289. meet with 290. Meet 291. *mistake + thing/person + for ( mistake X for Y) 292. modeled after 293. to monitor 294. more common among X than among Y 295. (no) more than/(no) less than 296. more than ever 297. move away from 298. N 299. Name 300. *native to 301. *a native of 302. need 303. need to 304. a need for 305. to be + necessary + infinitive 306. necessity of 307. necessity for 308. neither nor 309. no less… than 310. no less an authority than… 311. no less was X than was Y 312. X is unknown, nor it is known – is a correct idiom (Neither is not required) 313. no sooner…than 314. not X but rather Y 315. noted that 316. not [a] but [b] 317. Not ……. but [rather merely] 318. not in a flash but in a 319. not only but also 320. Not so ……. as 321. not so much as 322. not so much to X…as to Y 323. not ( X or Y ) nor Z 324. O 325. be oblivious of 326. oblivious to 327. off 328. Once in 329. One X for every Z ( some numeric number) Y's 330. opportunity for 331. opportunity to 332. opposed to 333. opposition to 334. opposite of 335. to orbit 336. X ordered Y to do Z 337. ought to 338. Originate in 339. P 340. partake of 341. participate in 342. Perceive as 343. *permit + thing/person + infinitive 344. permit X to Y / X permits Y for Z 345. persuade X to Y 346. plead guilty for … failing 347. potential to / potential for 348. practice for 349. practice to 350. practice of 351. predisposed to 352. preferable to 353. prefer X to Y 354. prejudiced against 355. pressure to 356. prevent from 357. prior to 358. prized by 359. prized as 360. prized for 361. profit by ( not from ) 362. *prohibit from + gerund 363. prohibits X from doing Y 364. prohibits X from Y 365. promise of + thing 366. promise to 367. protect against 368. protest against ( not at ) 369. provide with 370. way to provide (Way for providing is incorrect) 371. published by 372. published in 373. Q 374. question whether 375. R 376. range of 377. *range from X to Y 378. rates for (not 'of') 379. rather than 380. to ratify (At ratifying is incorrect) 381. receptive of 382. receptive to 383. related to 384. relations with ( not towards ) 385. refer to 386. *regard as 387. X regarded as Y 388. regardless 389. repent of 390. replace with 391. in response to 392. require + thing/person + infinitive 393. required of 394. requiring that X Y 395. require that X be Y (Not require that X is Y) 396. requiring X to Y 397. requisition for 398. research to 399. resemble + thing/person 400. resemblance of X to Y ( resemblance X with Y is incorrect) 401. resemblance between X and Y 402. resistance to 403. responsibility to 404. responsible for 405. restitution for 406. results in 407. results from 408. result of 409. retroactive to 410. rival for 411. rivalry between X and Y 412. *the rivals X and Y 413. rule that 414. S 415. sacrifice X for Y 416. [the] same as 417. the same to X as to Y 418. Save for 419. save from 420. in search of 421. see as 422. seek + infinitive 423. seek + thing/person 424. seem + infinitive 425. seem to indicate 426. sense of so…that 427. send to 428. be sensible of 429. be sensitive to 430. separate from ( not away from or out ) 431. sequence of 432. similar to 433. sleep with 434. so (adjective) that 435. so X that Y 436. so X as to be Y 437. so X as to constitute Y 438. so as not to be hindered by 439. so unrealistic as to 440. be solicitous of ( not to ) [...]... person Tend tend to tendency to ( not for) that X that Y think of…as threaten to tie to tinker with ( not at ) be tolerant of ( not to ) train to transit to transmit to try to to try to fix is the right idiom (to try and fix is incorrect) type of 480 481 482 483 484 U use as Use + person/thing + infinitive used + infinitive to be + used to + gerund 485 [the] use of 486 487 488 489 490 V view as vote for . crejoc 1. A 2. able + infinitive 3. ability to 4. accede to 5. access to 6. acclaimed as is the correct idiom (Acclaimed to be is wrong) 7. accompanied by 8. according to 9. account for (When explaining. authority than… 311. no less was X than was Y 312. X is unknown, nor it is known – is a correct idiom (Neither is not required) 313. no sooner…than 314. not X but rather Y 315. noted that 316 Y 436. so X as to be Y 437. so X as to constitute Y 438. so as not to be hindered by 439. so unrealistic as to 440. be solicitous of ( not to ) 441. be sparing of ( not with ) 442. speak to + person 443.