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GMAT Idioms List
The following GMAT idioms list is based upon official GMAT sentence correction questions that
the test-makers publicly released. You can practice these idioms using Platinum GMAT’s
sentence correction questions.

Book: Verbal Review refers to The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review (ISBN:0976570912).
11th Edition refers to The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition (ISBN:0976570904).
12th Edition refers to The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition (ISBN:0470449748).

The Question column provides the question number within the referenced book.

The Answer Page column lists the page number on which the official explanation is found.

GMAT Idiom Book Question Answer Page

Official Guide for GMAT Review (12th Edition)

x is more than y 12th Edition 4 686

unlike x, y 12th Edition 20 694

in contrast with x, y 12th Edition 20 694

in contrast to x, y 12th Edition 20 694

estimate to be 12th Edition 27 698

the same to x as to y 12th Edition 32 700

depends on whether x 12th Edition 34 701

so x that y 12th Edition 37 702

targeted ... at 12th Edition 40 704

rivalry between x and y 12th Edition 44 706

expended on 12th Edition 46 707

the ability ... to 12th Edition 51 710

x is to y what w is to z 12th Edition 58 714

amount of x 12th Edition 74 722

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attributes x to y 12th Edition 79 724

not just because of x, but because of y 12th Edition 83 726

distinctions between x and y 12th Edition 96 733

either x or y 12th Edition 109 740

to consider x y 12th Edition 117 745

less successful than 12th Edition 123 748

so x that y 12th Edition 124 748

x is dated at z years old 12th Edition 140 756

Official Guide for GMAT Review (11th Edition)

x is more than y 11th Edition 2 662

in contrast with x, y 11th Edition 16 669

estimated to be 11th Edition 21 671

in danger of 11th Edition 27 673

seem + infinitive 11th Edition 29 674

as much as 11th Edition 30 674

to credit x with 11th Edition 31 674

as many ... as 11th Edition 37 676

between x and y 11th Edition 40 678

require x to do y 11th Edition 53 684

restrictions on x 11th Edition 54 685

not only x ... but also y 11th Edition 55 685

there is no doubt that 11th Edition 58 686

as a means to 11th Edition 60 688

attribute x to y 11th Edition 67 691

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as many as 11th Edition 76 695

used x as y 11th Edition 79 696

not x, but rather y 11th Edition 87 700

order x to be y 11th Edition 92 702

just as x, so y 11th Edition 99 706

distinguish between x and y 11th Edition 107 710

both x and y 11th Edition 112 713

so x that y 11th Edition 118 716

Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review

not...but Verbal Review 4 256

the rising cost Verbal Review 8 258

range from x to y Verbal Review 9 258

except for + noun Verbal Review 13 260

between x and y Verbal Review 14 260

to mistake x for y Verbal Review 17 261

to think of x as y Verbal Review 20 262

with the aim of + (verb)ing Verbal Review 25 264

not only x ... but also y Verbal Review 46 274

prohibit x from doing y Verbal Review 48 275

more x than y Verbal Review 50 276

not only x ... but also y Verbal Review 52 277

so x that y Verbal Review 58 280

not x, but rather y Verbal Review 60 281

not only ... but also Verbal Review 66 284

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in order to x Verbal Review 69 285

as x as Verbal Review 75 288

worried about Verbal Review 81 291

either x or y Verbal Review 84 292

better served by x than by y Verbal Review 89 295

ordered x to do y Verbal Review 90 295

both x and y Verbal Review 93 297

x rose almost as fast as y Verbal Review 94 297

between x and y Verbal Review 95 298

more x than y Verbal Review 98 299

x rather than y Verbal Review 99 300

isolated from Verbal Review 106 300

not only x ... but also y Verbal Review 108 304

as a result of Verbal Review 113 307

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