Idioms on GMAT - A

Look for these common idiom tricks on GMAT questions:

A

access to The company has access to large capital reserves.

act as The poison pill in the contract acts as a preventative measure against hostile takeovers.

allows for The design of the robot arm allows for great flexibility.

as....as Chocolate tastes as good as ice cream.

associate with He associates beer with potato chips.

attribute to The poor first quarter results are attributed to the restructuring.

a responsibility to The CEO has a fiduciary responsibility to all shareholders.

a result of The recent Nasdaq decline is a result of higher interest rates.

a sequence of The Sumerian text was a sequence of incomprehensible symbols.

agree with The Teamsters do not agree with the Republicans on many issues.

among Used when discussing more than two items. He was the finest policeman among the hundreds of rookies.

as good as/or better than The new software is as good as or better than anything on the market

as great as The new house looks as great as I had hoped.

attend to (someone) The emergency room doctor attended to the injured victim.

attribute X to Y/X We attribute the results to the new management.

attributed to Y The extinction of the dinosaurs has been attributed to an asteroid collision.