Comprehensive Idiom List (good for SAT)
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Created by:
anranli on January 1, 2010
Subjects:
SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, idioms, grammar, sat prep, idiomatic, idiom
Description:
Revised list of idioms likely to show up in SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, etc. Suggested method of study: learn list and then do space race. Clarification of words can be found here: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ Because this list is very long, it would help to break the list down in digestible groups (see more)
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298 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
to | able |
to | ability |
to | accede |
to | access |
as | acclaimed |
by | accompanied |
to | according |
of | on account |
for | account (explaining something) |
to | account (receiving blame or credit) |
of | accuse |
with | acquaint |
in | acquiesce |
for | adapted |
to | affect |
with | affinity |
with | afflicted |
of | afraid |
on | agree (noun/gerund but not person) |
to | agree (not noun/gerund/person) |
with | agree (person) |
in | aid (gerund) |
at | aim |
to | allergy |
to | allocated |
for | allows |
to | alternative |
to | amount |
with | analogy |
to | analogous |
at | angry |
that | anticipated |
to | appear |
to | apply |
over | argue (topic) |
with | argue (someone) |
to | appeal |
of | approve |
of | disapprove |
of | ask |
to | ask (person) |
with | associate |
to be | assume |
that | assure |
as | at least as |
to | attend |
to | attribute |
to | attempt |
to | attention |
by | attended |
to | attest |
on | authority |
to | available |
to | averse |
of | aware (something) |
that | aware (independent clause) |
on | base |
on | based |
of | because |
to | begin |
in | belief |
from | benefit |
than | better |
in | boom |
to | bring |
by | built |
for | call |
of | capable |
about | care |
on | centers |
upon | center |
to | chance (verb) |
of | chance (something) |
of | choice |
to | choose |
with | collaborate |
with | collide |
on | comment |
to | compare (similarities) |
with | compare (differences) |
for | compensate |
with | comply |
of | comprise |
of | composed |
for | concern (worried) |
in | concern (relevant) |
about | concern (consider) |
that | conclude |
in | concur (opinion) |
with | concur (person) |
to | conductive |
to | conform |
with | conformity |
of | consequence |
| (nothing) | consider |
of | consist |
with | consistent |
that | contend |
to | continue |
with | contrast |
to | in contrast |
to | contribute |
to | contrary |
to | convert |
with | correspond (not to) |
to | correspond (not with) |
for | craving |
for | give credit |
with | credit (not money) |
to | credit (give money) |
of | danger |
from | date |
with | deal |
over | debate |
on | decide (something) |
to | decide (action) |
in | decline |
against | defend |
as | defined |
by | delighted |
that | demand |
that | demonstrate |
on | depend |
as | depict |
from | descend |
of | descendant |
of | desirous |
from | different |
from | differ |
to | difficult |
to | disclose |
with | disagree |
from | discourage |
of | disdain |
of | dispose |
with | disgust |
whether | dispute |
from | divergent |
that | doubt |
on | draw (take out) |
to | drawn |
to | due |
from | dwindle |
to | effort |
to | easy |
or | either |
by | embarrassed |
from | emerges |
with | enamored |
to | encourage |
by | encouraged |
with | entrusted |
of | envious |
of | jealous |
to | equal |
from | escape |
to | essential |
to be | estimate |
for | exchange |
to | expect |
to | explain |
to | expose |
to | extend |
to | equal |
that | fear |
in | fluctuations |
with | familiar |
by | fascinated |
from | flee |
to | forbid |
on | focus |
of | frequency |
to | from |
for | (get) credit |
to | (give) credit |
of | rid |
for | grounds |
by | hindered |
that | hypothesize |
to | contrast |
to | inclined |
of | danger |
to | identical (not with) |
with | identical (not to) |
from | independent (not of) |
of | independent (not from) |
towards | indifferent |
that | indicate |
with | infected |
from | inherit |
to | in order |
that | insist |
of | instance |
of | instead |
in | instill |
to | intent |
of | interaction |
to | introduce |
in | invest |
from | isolate |
by | judge |
so | just as |
to | lead |
than | less |
to | liken |
in | localized |
to | manage |
that | mandate |
with | meet |
for | mistake |
after | modeled |
than | more |
from | away |
to | native |
of | a native |
to | need |
for | need |
nor | neither |
than | less |
than | sooner |
but | not |
but also | not only |
to | oblivious |
of | be oblivious |
to | opposed |
of | opposite |
to | order |
in | originate |
of | partake |
in | participate |
as | perceive |
to | permit |
to | persuade |
for | guilty |
to | potential (not for) |
for | potential (not to) |
to | predisposed |
to | preferable |
to | prefer |
against | prejudiced |
to | pressure |
from | prevent |
to | prior |
by | prized |
from | prevent |
to | prior |
by | profit |
from | prohibit |
to | promise |
against | protect |
with | provide |
to | way |
whether | question |
of | rate |
for | rates |
than | rather |
of | receptive (not to) |
to | receptive (not of) |
to | related |
with | relations |
to | refer |
as | regard |
of | regardless |
of | repent |
with | replace |
to | respond |
for | requisition |
into | research |
to | resistance |
to | responsibility |
for | responsible |
for | rival |
between | rivalry |
to | send |
of | sensible |
to | sensitive |
from | separate |
of | sequence |
to | similar |
of | solicitous |
of | sparing |
on | spend |
from | suffer |
to | superior |
of | suspicious |
with | sympathize |
of | take advantage |
with | tamper |
to | threaten |
with | tinker |
of | tolerant |
to | train |
to | transit |
to | transmit |
to | try |
as | view |
of | violation |
about | worry |
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