Lsat Vocabulary

Front 1

posit

Back 1

1. To dispose or set firmly
2. to assume or affirm the existense of
3. to propose as an explanation

Front 2

evince

Back 2

1. to constitute outward evidence of
2. to display clearly

Front 3

jurisprudence

Back 3

1. a system or body of law
2. the course of court decisions
3. the science or phylosophy of law
4. a department of law

Front 4

deductive argument

Back 4

an argument in which premises are intended to provide absolute proof of the conclusion

Front 5

syllogism

Back 5

a deductive argument with a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion

Front 6

premise

Back 6

1. a proposition which is assumed as already proven
2. an assumption

Front 7

unsound argument

Back 7

an argument where one of the premises is false but the conlusion follows necessarily ffrom the argument

Front 8

inductive argument

Back 8

1. the inference involved in getting from the premises to the conclusion is a probable one
2. inductive arguments move from specific premises to general observations