A series is given with one word missing: Money, Amity, Camera, Animal, Telomere, ? – choose the correct alternative that completes the pattern.

Introduction / Context:
This question presents a word series with one term missing: Money, Amity, Camera, Animal, Telomere, ?. You must determine which word from the options continues the pattern. Series questions may be based on meanings, word lengths, letter positions, or other structural patterns. In this problem, the key observation comes from the lengths of the words and how they progress.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• The series is: Money, Amity, Camera, Animal, Telomere, ?
• The candidate words are Talisman, Litmus, Matter, and Shame.
• There is no obvious semantic or thematic link connecting all the words directly (they cover finance, friendship, photography, biology, and genetics).
• We therefore consider structural patterns such as number of letters.
• Exactly one option should fit the structural progression established by the earlier words.

Concept / Approach:
When meanings appear unrelated, checking simple numerical properties like letter counts is often productive. Count the letters in each given word: Money (5), Amity (5), Camera (6), Animal (6), Telomere (8). This sequence of lengths follows a clear pattern: two words with 5 letters, two words with 6 letters, and then one word with 8 letters. A natural continuation is to expect another word with 8 letters to balance the pattern in pairs again. So we examine the options to see which one has 8 letters and fits smoothly at the end.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Count letters in each term of the given series. Step 2: Money has 5 letters, Amity has 5 letters. Step 3: Camera has 6 letters, Animal has 6 letters. Step 4: Telomere has 8 letters. Step 5: Recognise the length pattern: 5, 5, 6, 6, 8, ? Step 6: It is natural to expect the next word also to have 8 letters, continuing the idea of matching pairs of equal length. Step 7: Check the options: Talisman (8 letters), Litmus (6 letters), Matter (6 letters), Shame (5 letters). Step 8: Only Talisman has 8 letters, so it is the best candidate to complete the pattern.

Verification / Alternative check:
Consider whether there is any other obvious rule that could connect the words, such as initial letters forming a hidden message, or alternating vowels and consonants. No consistent semantic or letter position pattern appears across all five given words. However, the length pattern is clear, simple, and perfectly satisfied by Talisman. Additionally, pairing the words as (Money, Amity), (Camera, Animal), and (Telomere, Talisman) gives balanced groups of equal length within each pair, which provides an aesthetically strong and exam friendly structure.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Litmus and Matter each have 6 letters, which would introduce another 6 letter word after an 8 letter word, breaking the symmetry of the length sequence. Shame has 5 letters and would take the pattern back to a shorter word in a way that does not follow any regular rule. None of these alternatives continues the 5, 5, 6, 6, 8 pattern in a natural numeric progression, whereas Talisman, with 8 letters, fits perfectly.

Common Pitfalls:
Test takers may search too hard for deep semantic links in a mixed list of words and overlook simple structural features such as the number of letters. Another pitfall is to choose a familiar or interesting word rather than one that obeys a clear rule. When confronted with an apparently random mix of meanings, it is often a signal to look at lengths, spelling patterns, or alphabetical order rather than meaning.

Final Answer:
The word that continues the length based pattern in the series is Talisman, so that is the correct choice.