comprehensive gmat idiom list

acclaimed as is the correct idiom Acclaimed to be is wrong 7.. account to When receiving blame or credit 12.. allergy to Allergy of, allergy for are incorrect 28.. chance to / chance of

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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)

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

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

219 equal to

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]

236 get credit for/give credit for

237 get rid of

238 grounds for

239 grow from

240 grow out of

242 help + thing/person + infinitive

243 be hindered by

244 hypothesize that

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)

270 judge by ( not on)

271 just as…so too

272 just as X, so Y

274 know to do X

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

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

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

300 *native to

301 *a native of

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

325 be oblivious of

326 oblivious to

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

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

374 question whether

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

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 )

441 be sparing of ( not with )

442 speak to + person

443 speak with + person

444 spend on

445 subject to

446 subscribe to

447 substitute [a] for [b]

448 such as

449 such X as Y and Z

450 such X that

451 suffer from ( not with)

452 superior to

453 supplant by

454 to survive

455 suspicious of

456 sympathy for

457 sympathize with

459 Take advantage of

460 tamper with

461 target at

462 teach + person + infinitive

463 teach + person + thing

464 tell + person

466 tend to

467 tendency to ( not for)

468 that X that Y

469 think of…as

470 threaten to

471 tie to

472 tinker with ( not at )

473 be tolerant of ( not to )

474 train to

475 transit to

476 transmit to

477 try to

478 to try to fix is the right idiom (to try and fix is incorrect)

479 type of

481 use as

482 Use + person/thing + infinitive

483 used + infinitive

484 to be + used to + gerund

485 [the] use of

487 view as

488 vote for

489 in violation of

490 Visit

492 wait for

493 wait on

494 X is to… what…Y is to

495 to be + willing + infinitive

496 worry about