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Choose a word that should stand in place of dots from the list below, and explain your choice:
Orange is a banana
Felt - galoshes
House - fir
A life - ...
List: calendar, star, business, truth, Ivanov, puzzle, Smalian, Fido, comet, punk, troll, goblin, monitor, boots, Bocharoff, glasses, gear, car, vodka, beer, bred, well, everything, regulation.

Answer: Star. The first letters of the words are arranged in alphabetical order.