Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT) Deck 2 Practice Exam

Customary means relating to or following traditional practices of a culture or group. It’s used to describe behaviors, rituals, or conventions that are routinely observed or passed down through generations. This fits the prompt because it’s about practices that are traditional within a culture. The other words don’t fit: cynical describes distrust of others’ motives, damp means slightly wet, and debilitate means to weaken. So the term that best captures “relating to or following traditional practices” is customary. For example, it’s customary in some cultures to remove shoes before entering a home, highlighting tradition rather than attitude or state of being.