Word Knowledge

What does “apathy” mean?

Today’s question is a vocabulary question that asks about the word “apathy”.  The word “apathy” is one of many words that could appear on the Word Knowledge section of the ASVAB.  The word apathy has a prefix and a root word the analyze.  The word contains the prefix a-.  Do you know what the prefix a- mean?  The word contains the Greek root word path-.  Do you know what the root word path means?  I wrote a book, The ASVAB Tutor’s Word Knowledge and Paragraph Comprehension Study Guide.  Apathy is one of the over 500 words I presented in my book.  I present 2 sentences for each word that provide context clues to help the reader figure out the meaning of the words.  Do you know what apathy means?  I will present the answer and explanation tomorrow.