That is not a huge imbalance, and admissions directors will not reject your application on the basis of your GMAT score or the small imbalance. Both section scores are subject to some internal variability. That said, if you think you signficantly underperformed on the verbal section if you do not have an outstanding profile, you might want to retake. My hunch is that your score is just fine!
We recommend caution in directly comparing the scores of two applicants. The standard error of difference for the Total GMAT score is about 41, so chances are about two out of three that the difference between the Total GMAT scores received by two test takers is within 41 points above or below the difference between the test takers' true scores. The standard error of difference for the Verbal score is 3.9, and for the Quantitative score, it is 4.3.
Quoting from GMAC
Kevin Armstrong
GMAT Instructor
Gmatclasses
Madrid
