Ambitious (adj.) having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed : his mother was hard-working and ambitious for her four children.
• (of a plan or piece of work) intended to satisfy high aspirations and therefore difficult to achieve : the scope of the book is very ambitious | an ambitious enterprise.
Pelted verb [ trans. ] attack (someone) by repeatedly hurling things at them : two little boys pelted him with rotten apples.
• hurl (something) at someone or something in this way : he spotted four boys aged about ten pelting stones at ducks.
• [ intrans. ] ( pelt down) (of rain, hail, or snow) fall quickly and very heavily
Volition (n.) the faculty or power of using one's will : without conscious volition she backed into her office.
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