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10 wordies list
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(n): an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
(n): any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
(n): something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
(n): any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else
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"He's as stealthy as a cat." = simile
"When the cat's away the mice will play." = metaphor
"The cat has nine lives." = symbol