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1)auricle, barotitis, entropion, otosclerosis, stapedectomy
2)A,T,G,C,L,U,L,S,S,T,C,A,P,
3)Diwali, holi, navorotri, shavnot
4)Apple, blueberry, orange, strawberry, Water Melon
5) Decimal, Effect, hints, primal, steamer, tunnel

3. Diwali, Holi & Navratri are festivals celebrated by predominantly Indian religions. Shavuot is a Jewish holiday.

4. could be water melon as the others are colours

entropion is eye related, the rest are ear related.

An answer could be tunnel.
No. of letters in the words forms the sequence ;
7,6,5,6,7.and the next word should have 8 letters not 6 as in tunnel.
I am saying COULD be.!!

Again could be HINTS as it is plural!

Yet again HINTS has only 1 vowel.
This could go on and on forever.

The letters are the first letters of the signs of the zodiac starting with Aries - except 'U' is shown instead of 'V - Virgo' and a 'stray T' has been inserted before 'C A P'.
On the other hand this could be something completely different!!

Whoops - above reply refers to No. 2 of course.

For number 4 (the fruity one) - isn't strawberry the only one with the seeds on the outside?