LSAT Practice Test Questions and Correct Answers

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