Words Requiring Prepositions

These are a  list of words that follow by prepositions and they usually use together, which it may be helpful for you to memorize:


*      Abstain from
*      Accompanied by (a person)
*      Accompanied with (something)
*      Account for (something or someone)
*      Account to (someone)
*      Acquit of
*      Addicted to
*      Adept in (thing)
*      Adhere to (a thing)
*      Agree on (reach an understanding)
*      Agree to (to accept another’s plan)
*      Agree with (concur with a person or an idea)
*      Identical with
*      Angry at or about (a thing)
*      In regard to
*      Angry with (a person)
*      Independent of
*      Apply for (a position)
*      Infer from
*      Apply to (someone or something)
*      Inseparable from
*      Argue about (something)
*      Interested in
*      Argue with (a person)
*      Jealous of
*      Averse to
*      Oblivious of
*      Beneficial to
*      Prerequisite to
*      Capable of
*      Prior to
*      Characteristic of
*      Procient in
*      Compare to (for similarities)
*      Profit by
*      Compare with (for similarities anti differences)
*      Prohibit from
*      Confer on or upon (give to)
*      Protest against
*      Confer with (talk to)
*      Reason with
*      Concern in
*      Regret for
*      Concerned with
*      Repugnant to
*      Conform to
*      Sensitive to
*      Consists in (exists in)
*      Separate from
*      Consists of (is made up of)
*      Similar to
*      Convenient for (suitable)
*      Speak to (tell)
*      Convenient to (near at hand)
*      Speak with (have a conversation)
*      Correspond to (agree with)
*      Subscript to
*      Correspond with (exchange letters with)
*      Substitute for
*      Deal in (goods and services)
*      Superior to
*      Deal with (a person)
*      Sympathize with
*      Desire for
*      Tamper with
*      Desirous of
*      Try to
*      Devoid of
*      Unmindful of
*      Differ about (things)
*      With regard to
*      Differ from (things)
*      Differ with (a person)
*      Different from
*      Different that
*      Disagree with
*      Disdain for
*      Distaste for
*      Empty of
*      Envious of
*      Expert in
*      Foreign to
*      Hint at