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  1. MAGNANIMOUS : PETTY :: PRUDENT : ?

    Answer: Reckless

    Magnanimous (great-souled, generous) and petty are antonyms; prudent (exercising sound judgment) and reckless are antonyms.

  2. MONARCHY : KING :: OLIGARCHY : ?

    Answer: A council of few

    A monarchy is ruled by a single king, while an oligarchy (from Greek oligos, 'few') is ruled by a small group or council of elites.

  3. ETYMOLOGY : WORDS :: ORNITHOLOGY : ?

    Answer: Birds

    Etymology is the study of the origin and history of words; ornithology is the scientific study of birds.

  4. DANTE : INFERNO :: MILTON : ?

    Answer: Paradise Lost

    Dante's Inferno is the first canticle of the Divine Comedy depicting the descent into Hell; Milton's Paradise Lost is his epic poem depicting the Fall of Man — both are monumental Christian epic poems.

  5. THESIS : ANTITHESIS :: ARGUMENT : ?

    Answer: Counterargument

    In dialectical reasoning, a thesis is opposed by its antithesis; in formal argumentation, an argument is met with a counterargument.

  6. SOCRATES : DIALECTIC :: FRANCIS BACON : ?

    Answer: Scientific method

    Socrates is identified with the dialectic method of inquiry through questioning, while Francis Bacon developed the inductive scientific method in works such as Novum Organum.

  7. EPICTETUS : STOICISM :: EPICURUS : ?

    Answer: Epicureanism

    Epictetus was a leading Stoic philosopher; Epicurus founded Epicureanism, a philosophical school centered on the pursuit of tranquility and moderate pleasure.