Bumptious
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Obtrusively pushy; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
Forward
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Towards the front or at the front.Without customary restraintExpected in the future.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To send (something received) to a third party.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: Towards the front or from the front.In the usual direction of travel.Into the future.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: one of the eight players whose primary task is to maintain possession of the ball (compare back)A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.The small forward or power forward position.The front part of a vessel.An e-mail message designed to be forwarded to many people; an electronic chain letter.
Example sentence: Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.