
Originally Posted by
Hiram357
wow jake, you get the dictionary.com prize of the day! I actually had to look up svelte...
svelte Audio pronunciation of "svelte" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (svlt)
adj. svelt·er, svelt·est
Slender or graceful in figure or outline; slim.

If it's any consolation . . . while I knew what it meant (darn Wordly Wise tests that Miss Gillulli made us take in 11th grade English composition class!) I couldn't remember how to spell it and had to look it up in the dictionary.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the realization that there is something more important than fear."
"Death is only one of many ways to die."