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$ASCEND$

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The base of an Indian politician is the group of $sycophants$ around them who earn a bad name for their leaders.

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The soldier proved his $mettle$ in the battlefield.

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Even today many people are guided by $abstruse$ moral values.

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$MOROSE$

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The young man appears to be quite $headstrong$.