Carcass wrote:
Corrupted by handshakes and sly winks, the government was run by a leader who cared only for his ______ and nothing for his languishing people.
A. contemporaries
B. adversaries
C. cronies
D. relations
E. chums
F. legacy
The leader is corrupted and only cares for his close mates.
The missing words should be synonymous to mates, hence cronies and chums are best fits.
Beware of the trap answer choice 'relations'. It does not have an appropriate pair.