Try this:
>>> animal = ['koala', 'kangaroo']
>>> fruit = ['banana', 'apple']
>>> words = {'animals': animal, 'fruits': fruit}
>>> kinds = tuple(words.keys())
>>> kind = random.choice(kinds)
>>> kind
'animals'
>>> word = random.choice(words[kind])
>>> word
'koala'
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