'Custom' is customarily accented upon the very first of its' two syllables.
The word balance is a unstressed first syllable.
Second syllable.
The first.
1st syllable
The second syllable is the primary accented syllable in "hypertrophy."
first
The first 'kus-tum
second accented syllable
The second.
It is accented in the second syllable.
a second accented syllable
Yes, the word "custom" is accented on the first syllable.
The first syllable of kettle is accented.
Shoulder is accented on the first syllable.
"Ignore" is accented on the second syllable.
Applaud is accented on the second syllable.
It is accented on the second syllable.