Sentence:  Similarly , a girl who graduates with a good working knowledge of stenography and the use of clerical machines and who is able to get a job at once may wish to improve her skill and knowledge by a year or two of further <WSD>study</WSD> in a community college or secretarial school . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)