LSAT Concepts with Accurate Meaning (Questions and Answers)

Antecedent Correct Answer A preceding event, condition, or cause. Example: If A(definition) then B Assertion Correct Answer To declare positively Assumption Correct Answer To take for granted that something is true Claim Correct Answer To assert Consequent Correct Answer Following as a result Contention Correct Answer A point advanced or maintained in an argument or debate Correlation Correct Answer Relation between things to the extent in which one relies on another Example: Husband and Wife Counterexample Correct Answer An example that refutes or disproves a proposition or theory Flaw Correct Answer An imperfection or weakness and especially one that detracts from the whole or hinders effectiveness Inference Correct Answer A conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence Necessary Correct Answer Logically unavoidable; needed Paradox Correct Answer A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true Premise Correct Answer A proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of an argument or inference Principle Correct Answer A comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption Proposition Correct Answer Something offered for consideration or acceptance Rebuttal Correct Answer To contradict or oppose by formal legal argument, plea, or countervailing proof; beat back