English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 165

The word hordes in "More than 16 percent of our children-that's'1 in 6-qualify as 'obese.' Hordes of them are developing diet-related diabetes, a disease that used to be seen almost always in adults" (paragraph 4) means
A) few.
B) many.
C) hardly any.
D) a handful.