GRE vocabulary
abstain
to deliberately refrain from doing something
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Questions about “abstain”
Abstain (verb) means to deliberately refrain from doing something
Here is abstain used in an example sentence: "Two senators chose to abstain rather than vote on the divisive measure."
Common synonyms for abstain include refrain, forbear, desist.
Antonyms of abstain include indulge, partake, yield.
Abstain is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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